We expect others to be honest and open with their intentions, especially romantically, but how many people are we keeping on the back burner?—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We don’t allow others to be messy, but we expect them to lend a comforting shoulder when we’re in pieces.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
Do you assume other people are doing you a favor by giving you love and spending time with you? Do you ever think about the fact that they likely are just as hungry for love?—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
When you see somebody else displaying one of these traits, it’s infuriating, not because you inherently dislike it, but because you have to fight your desire to fully integrate it into your whole consciousness. … The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We can’t choose whose wreckage can [change the parts of ourselves and our worlds we can’t]. We all start as strangers, but we forget that we rarely choose who ends up a stranger, too.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
I don't want to be validated. I want to be loved.—Kai Cheng Thom, I Hope We Choose Love. Highlighted
You just learn to accept that people have their own fucked-up ways of coping with shit. And you decide whether you’re willing to put up with it or not.—Hazel Hayes, Out of Love. Highlighted
“We’re always looking for that missing piece in ourselves,” said Jungian analyst Jacqueline Wright. “That ideal lover or person that we’re looking for holds a quality that we don’t recognize or express in ourselves.”—Lisa A. Phillips, Unrequited. Highlighted
