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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one.

one thing about being on top of the world.
it gives you a long, long way to fall.
-- Gossip Girl

two.

computers crash, people die,
relationships fall apart. the best
we can do is breathe and reboot.

three.

time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. time takes it all, time bears it away, and in the end there is only darkness. sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again. -- Stephen King

four.

the heart is a muscle like any other,
and the best exercise you can do for it
is called picking yourself up off the floor.
-- pleasefindthis

five.

cracked glass rarely stays intact, which brings us to the fact that eventually we all shatter. sometimes in increments, sometimes at once, the way in which we break hardly ever matters. in the end, all that's left are tiny fragments and broken pieces. we are mirrors on the wall, hanging by a thread, waiting for the day our string decides to release us.

six.

unlike her, i was there for you through the tough times, when you actually needed a best friend. maybe it doesn't mean anything to you anymore, maybe it never did. but it meant a lot to me, you meant a lot to me, and you still do. -- The OC

seven.

some things are just better left
unknown, unseen, unsaid.

eight.

it's only after we've lost everything
that we're free to do anything.
-- Chuck Palahniuk

nine.

i pray that you're okay. that it's okay. i pray that all the parts of you that i remember are still there. i pray that you're happy. even if it's not with me.
-- pleasefindthis

ten.

if we cut out the bad,
well, then we'd have nothing left.

eleven.

it's not that we didn't love each other,
it's just that love wasn't enough.
so i think i have to let go,
we have to let go. -- Charmed

twelve.

if you'll be my star, i'll be your sky,
you can hide underneath me and
come out at night. when i turn jet
black and you show off your light.
i live to let you shine.
-- The Scene Aesthetic (lyrics)

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one.

if you aren't just a little bit depressed,
then you aren't paying very much attention
to what's going on in the world.
-- Pete Wentz

two.

it's like chasing the very last train
when we both know it's too late.

three.

it's not so easy to get back
in the ring, especially with the one
who knocked you out in the first place.

four.

let me tell you something kid; everybody gets one chance to do something great. most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. -- The Sandlot

five.

when hurt turns red and a piece of your heart is missing. when the cold bites deep and you've got that feeling like you just got out of surgery. when the only way to stay sane is to concentrate on anything else but how you feel. when you count the tiles in the ceiling. when you oush the earphones closer. when the first day of winter arrives. when you remember every nuance of every word of every time. when all this happens. embrace it. feel every feeling. cry every tear. sob every sob. because this is what it feels like to have loved.
-- pleasefindthis

six.

what's worse? not getting everything
you wish for, or getting it and
finding out it's not enough?

seven.

i wondered which was harder, in the end.
the act of telling, or who you told it to.
or maybe if, when you finally got it out,
the story was really all that mattered.
-- Sarah Dessen

eight.

it's just that nobody's every looked at me
the way that you just did.

nine.

and i thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. and all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. and they will all kiss someone someday. but for now, sledding is enough. i think it would be great if sledding was always enough, but it isn't. -- The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

ten.

when we get to the end of this,
you're going to need to remind me
whose turn it is to leave.
-- pleasefindthis

eleven.

there are moments that mark your life,
when you realize nothing will be the same again,
and the time is divided into two parts;
before this and after this. now sometimes,
you can feel such a moment coming. that's the
test, or so i tell myself at times like these.
strong people keep moving foward anyway,
no matter what they're going to find.

twelve.

nobody forgets what happened,
the secret is learning to live with it.
-- M*A*S*H

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