A few of my favorite quotes.

TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the content in this post may not be suitable for those currently suffering or for those who previously suffered from mental illness. It brings up some uncomfortable topics, so please proceed with caution.

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Hey guys!

At this point you all have probably completely forgotten who I am, lol. And that’s fine. I know this was supposed to be a daily kind of thing but lately I haven’t really been feeling like writing (and a lot has happened in the past few months but I’ll get to that in another post). I’ve been going through quite a bit, emotion-wise, and kind of need to work through that on my own right now. But, I do want you guys to get to know me a little better and so what better way to do that than to share some of my favorite quotes with you guys! I’m super big on recording quotes or song lyrics that make me feel a little something so this post will be dedicated to sharing that with you. If you have any quotes that mean a lot to you, feel free to drop them down below in the comments!

PS: Before I get into listing them out, I just want you to know that none of them are my own words but I also might not remember who said them — I kind of just jot things down as I hear them.

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Chris Brown – singer.

• “I became the one thing I was running from.”

 

Elizabeth Acevedo – poet.

• “Love is a long-limbed thing. And in this world it has difficulty breathing. And all partners do is hold hands and practice CPR.”
• “I learned that no man or ring can make an honest woman out of me cause I already been the truth.”
• “There’s so much I didn’t know I didn’t know.”

 

Demi Lovato  – singer.

• “When I get lonely, my heart gets hungry. I can’t figure out how to be alone.”
• “There are issues that I haven’t conquered yet that I know I won’t conquer if I’m relying on somebody else to take care of the loneliness.”
• “When I feel comfortable in my own skin, I feel confident, and when I feel confident, I feel sexy. And when I feel sexy… watch out.”

 

Sabrina Benaim – poet.

• “My body is a garden rooted in gratitude. Thank you is the biggest poem I’ve got inside of me.”
• “I wouldn’t say I’m sensitive. I would say I’m highly susceptible to feeling a lot.”
• “I like my body best when I’m not worried about how much space it’s taking up
• “I get lonley but I am uncomfortable in my lonely.”
• “My heart is a messy bedroom I always distract myself from cleaning.”

 

Neil Hilborn – poet.

• “I want to thank you for wanting me to be me, but happy.”
• “Before I met you, I wanted to be dead all the time. I still do, because of the mental illness, but now that you’re here, I don’t want to want to die anymore.”
• “I’ve never made out with Jesus but I imagine it’s kind of like holding your hand.”

 

Reagan Myers – poet.

• “There are some days that I’m so sad that I don’t remember what it was like not to be.”

 

Kimya Dawson – singer.

• “I like giants. Especially girl giants because all girls feel too big sometimes, regardless of their size.”
• “So I talked to Genevieve and almost cried when she said that the giant on the cliff wished that she was dead. And the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were dead. So the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead. When the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead, it made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her head.”
• “He is just a good person who grows what he eats. And if you have a mouth, he will try to feed you.”
• “If you’re breathing, you are living and if you’re living, you are learning.”

 

Tracee Ellis Ross – actress/activist.

• “My life is mine.”
• “When I think of beautiful, I think of a tree, I think of seeing a bird soar, I think of an embodied woman, I think of my mom.”

 

Shane Koyczan – poet.

• “We are graduating members from the class of ‘We made it.'”
• “And if you can’t see anything about yourself, get a better mirror, look a little closer, stare a little longer.”

 

Maya Angelou – poet.

• “Be a rainbow in someone else’s clouds.”
• “Love liberates.”

Here are just a few. I’ll probably add more later on (jk, I will definitely add more later on).

Also, a life update will be coming up soon, as well!