one.

there's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed, and that only a fool will continue. the truth is, i've always been a fool.
-- Big Fish

two.

every shadow, no matter how deep,
is threatened by morning light.

three.

right now i want a word that describes the feeling you get - a cold, sick feeling deep down inside - when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. and you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. and that you will never again be quite the person you were. -- Jennifer Donnelly

four.

a laundry list of problems
doesn't make you interesting,
and never getting help
doesn't make you brave.

five.

i made a lot of mistakes before i got to you,
(each one honest and none that i regret).
the same way a tree bends in the wind and
twists and turns before it can touch the sky.
-- pleasefindthis

six.

i'd like to stay a secret, like walking in the dark.
if no one knows you,  no one cares,
so no one breaks your heart.

seven.

the bad thing about falling to pieces is that it hurts. the good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards, you've got nothing left to protect, and so you have no reason not to be honest. -- David James Duncan

eight.

i want a simple love, that is full of laughter and smiles and is never-ending. i want to hold someone's hand and know i'm home. i want to wear a pretty white dress and walk into the chapel and watch his face light up. i want to be naive, head-over-heels, and completely senseless but completely in love. i want to sit in rocking chairs at 80 years old, next to the one person who has never left and who made me better, adn not regret one single second of my life. i hope i'll find this someday. until then, i'm happy to wait.

nine.

when all you wanted, was to be wanted,
wish you could go back and tell yourself
what you know now. -- Taylor Swift (lyrics)

ten.

all we have is now, and right now,
we have each other. -- Crossroads

eleven.

just because someone doesn't love you
the way you want them to doesn't mean
they don't love you with all they have.

twelve.

i'm going to set you free
because i don't deserve you.
i deserve better.

thirteen.

i don't need you to love me. but you have to open up your heart to somebody. you've gotta let someone discover how staggering you are. just don't be alone. that i can't live with.
-- One Tree Hill

fourteen.

be original, be yourself.
because the last time someone tried
to make everyone the same,
eleven million people died.

fifteen.

i'll understand your silence. because sometimes,
you'll have to understand mine.
-- pleasefindthis

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one.

if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. -- Michael Jackson

two.

insomnia is a kind of torture because while the world is fast asleep, you're up all alone, your mind buzzing with each random thought in the universe. and sometimes the thoughts will reach a standstill, and your mind goes blank. you become more aware of the silence. and it is during this moment that you realize
how alone you are.

three.

don't look back
unless it's a good view.

four.

we spend so much darn time
looking for love and not even close
to enough time looking for ourselves.
-- Keltie Colleen

five.

someone, someday, is going to walk
into your life and make you realize why
it never worked out with anyone else.

six.

did you say it? 'i love you. i don't ever want to live without you. you changed my life.' did you say it? make a plan. set a goal. work toward it, but every now and then, look around; drink it in, 'cause this it. it might all be gone tomorrow. -- Grey's Anatomy

seven.

you and i will always be
unfinished business.

eight.

it's not always that easy to distinguish
the good guys from the bad guys.
sinners can surprise you, and the same
is true for saints. why do we try to define
people as simply good or evil? because
no one wants to admit that compassion &
cruelty can live side by side in one heart.
and that anyone is capable of anything.
-- Desperate Housewives

nine.

i'm letting go of everything i used to love,
dropping all the things i cared about,
and for once i'm doing everything for myself.
i won't worry about if we're going to be together,
because why should i care when you never did.

ten.

it only hurt the first time so you'd know
how much it didn't hurt the second time.
-- pleasefindthis

eleven.

some rise by sin,
and some by virtue fall.
-- William Shakespeare

twelve.

i was once afraid of people saying,
"who does she think she is?"
now i have the courage to stand and say
"this is who i am."

thirteen.

we've all got scars as big as ours,
a token for the pain we hide inside of us,
everyone's scared that somebody knows,
you push it aside, yeah, that's how it goes.
-- My Favorite Highway (lyrics)

fourteen.

i could conquer the world with one hand,
as long as you're holding the other.

fifteen.

i don't know if you felt that or not. but it felt like two people kissing after hours of thinking about it. it felt like two people talking after nights of silence. it felt like two people touching after weeks of being numb. it felt like two people facing each other after months of looking away. it felt like two people in love after years of being alone. and it felt like two people meeting each other, after an entire lifetime of not meeting each other. -- pleasefindthis

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one.

it's such a lie that you should do what's in your heart. if we all did what was in our hearts, the world would come to a halt.
-- My So-Called Life

two.

it's weird, you know, the end of something that has taken so much time to get over is coming, and you're so relieved that it's finally here but you still, for some reason, want to hold on. just for one more second. just so it can
hurt a little more.

three.

stay mad as long as you can.
because once you're not mad anymore; it hurts.
it hurts like hell and once it hurts that bad,
you can't make yourself mad anymore.
-- Little Black Book

four.

someone will always catch you when you fall,
and it won't be who you thought it would be.
the people that love you most might watch
you fall, wait, and congratulate you when
you find your own way back up.
this doesn't mean they love you less,
they just know that you're stronger
than you give yourself credit for.

five.

i don't like to do what people expect.
then they expect it all the time, and
they get disappointed when you change.
-- 10 Things I Hate About You

six.

some of us know how we came by our fortune, and some of us don't, but we wear it all the same. -- The Poisonwood Bible

seven.

i guess i was tired of of being let down.
because the number of times
i've been hurt is uncountable,
and the number of times that
i've let go is unbearable.

eight.

you might not have a wrecking ball
but you can still take down a wall
one brick at a time.
-- pleasefindthis

nine.

please know there are much better things in life than being lonely or liked or bitter or mean or self-conscious. we are all full of shit. go love someone just because. i know your heart may be badly bruised, or even the victim of numerous knifings, but it will always heal. even if you don't want it to, it keeps going. there are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there, i promise.
it is up to you to find them.

ten.

to me, fearless is not the absence of fear. it's not being completely unafraid. to me, fearless is having fears. fearless is having doubts. lots of them. to me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. fearless is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before. fearless is walking into your freshman year of high school at fifteen. fearless is getting up and fighting for what you want over and over again...even though every time you've tried before, you've lost. it's fearless to have faith that someday things will change. fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even though you can't breathe without them. i think it's fearless to fall for your best friend even though he's in love with someone else. and when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they'll never stop doing, i think it's fearless to stop believing them. it's fearless to say "you're not sorry", and walk away. i think loving someone despite what people think is fearless. i think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is fearless. letting go is fearless. then, moving on and being alright...that's fearless too. but no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. you have to believe in love stories and prince charming and happily ever after. that's why i write these songs. because i think love is fearless. -- Taylor Swift

eleven.

i wanted to write you one perfect song
to make you cry in your sleep.
a soundtrack to your dreams,
to let you know that i'm watching
and making sure it turns out alright.
i guess i wanted to make you feel something.
i wanted to make you feel everything.

twelve.

you're just another story
i can't tell anymore.
-- pleasefindthis

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one.

in some ways, you're pretty lucky. you opened your heart, you put yourself out there. you were ready to make that leap. i'm envious. i wish i knew what that felt like. to find someone who makes you wanna swim the
east river in january. -- Ugly Betty

two.

the more you look, the less you see,
so close your eyes and start to breathe.

three.

there ought to be a place to go when
you can't sleep or your tired of getting drunk
and the grass doesn't work anymore,
and i don't mean go on to hash or cocaine,
i mean a place to go besides a death that's
waiting and a love that doesn't work anymore

four.

it's ok to feel sad. it is okay to always care about people you promise to care about. it is okay to get mad, sad, angry or hurt. however, you have to feel it and then choose not to feel it anymore. shortly after i stood there in the rain writing this down, i called up some friends, met for drinks and stayed out way too late for my own good. move on or move back. i move on. -- Keltie Colleen

five.

life is made up of years that mean nothing,
and moments that mean it all. 

six.

that's what you don't get.
to find two people who have
the same heart isn't a coincidence.
it's a god damn miracle.
and it happens every day.
-- pleasefindthis

seven.

speak the truth.
even if your voice shakes.

eight.

i have just been dressing up as something i'm not for so long, i'm so afraid no one will like what's underneath. but here i am, just flesh and blood and weakness, and i love you so fucking much. -- Phone Booth

nine.

i was told to never look back, to keep walking.
and the minute i looked over my shoulder,
i saw everything i ever gave up on.
all the things i let go of,
and all of the people who let go of me.

ten.

we accept the love we think we deserve.
-- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

eleven.

i can look anywhere in the world but at you. and it hurts to look anywhere in the world but at you.
-- pleasefindthis

twelve.

regret comes in all shapes and sizes. some are small, like when we do a bad thing for a good reason. some are bigger, like when you let down a friend. some of us escape the pain of regret by making the right choice. some of us have little time for regret because we're looking foward to the future. sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past, and sometimes, we bury our regret by promising to change our own ways. but, our biggest regrets are not for the things we did - but, for the things we didn't do. things we didn't say that could've saved someone that we care about. especially when we can see the dark storm
that's headed their way. -- One Tree Hill

one.

it's bearing down on you, and guess what? it's gonna hit you. so you can either start running when it's far off in the distance, or you can pull up a chair, crack open a beer, and
just watch it come. -- The 70s Show

two.

he's like a song stuck in my head, you know?
no matter how hard i try to get rid of it,
it's always here. and even though i try out
other songs, i know it won't work because in
the end, i always come back to that one tune.

three.

maybe we have to break everything
to make something better out of ourselves.
-- Chuck Palahniuk

 four.

it's those moments when you drive in a car full of people you love around a town too small for you, where you gasp for breath between each laugh. it's those moments where you get high off just breathing in so deep, you feel your lungs getting cold. for a second, that split second, you don't care. you don't care about school, about parents, about money, about rules, or broken hearts. who you care about are the people sitting next to you. yeah, the ones who make you feel invincible, even at your
weakest points.

five.

it's too much. i'm numb and i'm tired.
too much has happened.
i feel as if i've been out in the pounding rain
for 48 hours without an umbrella or a coat.
i'm just soaked to the skin in emotion.

six.

don't be afraid of the world.
we're all just the people
you could've been.
-- pleasefindthis

seven.

you can't just plan a moment
when things get back on track,
just as you can't plan the moment
when you lose your way in the first place.

eight.

one of the cruelest things you can do
to another person is pretend that you care
about them more than you really do.

nine.

sometimes it seems like you're the only one in the world who's struggling, who's frustrated, unsatisfied, barely getting by. but that feeling's a lie. and if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay. because we all need a little help sometimes. someone to help us hear the music in the world, to remind us that it won't always be this way. -- One Tree Hill

ten.

so if you can't stay, walk away slowly.
rip the plaster off bit by bit, piece by piece.
because i'd rather feel that than nothing at all.
-- pleasefindthis

eleven.

my heart aches completely
every hour, every day.
and only when i'm with you
does the pain go away.
-- Moulin Rouge

twelve.

it's not just enough to change the players.
we gotta change the game.
-- President Barack Obama

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