#yours

My parents say you’re no good, Elijah.” I exhaled and killed the cigarette in the grass. Laughing, Eli’s eyes went to my lips and his hands touched my bare midriff. “Really? And what do you say?” He had brought his lips so close to mine that it became hard to think about my next words when all I wanted to do was crush my mouth to his. I wanted him to completely consume me. “I think you’re broken,” I finally got out, and Eli arched a brow. “But I think I’m broken too. I just don’t know it yet. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#death #discovery #falling-in-love #finding-yourself #growing-up

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#love

Whoever you end up with, you shouldn't be changing a thing for them. Nothing. Don't be with anyone if you can't be you. Because you're bang on just as you are.  ↗

— Lucy Robinson

#change

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find. ↗

— E.L. Konigsburg

#self-discovery #self-discovery

Romantic Egoist Nozomi: You've got an idea in your head... how you should act, but you can't act like, so you stifle yourself and don't even try. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#self-expression #yourself #love

Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#being-genuine #building-relationships #inspirational-quotes #making-friends #meeting-people

The less you look to others, the more you find in yourself. What have you found in yourself. ↗

— Ron W. Rathbun

#honesty #inspirational #life #the-mind-and-self-relfection #inspirational

I write because I'm free, because I can, because I will. I write because I must, because I'm breathing, because I'd go crazy otherwise, because it's who I am. I write to make a statement, to share my thoughts, to discover myself, to express my ideas. But most of all, I write for future generations. I write for love. I write to inspire. I write to encourage. I write for me. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#encouragement #future-generations #greatness #inspire #reading

Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside. ↗

— Steven Herrick

#inside #outside #precise #quetly #tearing-yourself-to-shreds

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? ↗

— Ian Wallace

#inspirational #love-yourself #inspirational