Holly Riordan

Being single means you are intelligent enough — and patient enough — to wait for the kind of person that you deserve.

Stay single until you find someone who never acts sketchy. Who never tells stories with details that don’t add up. Who never expects their friends to lie for them or expects you to believe bullshit excuses. 

They will not fill in the gaps during conversation when you are out at dinner. They will not say something, just to hear themselves speak. They will embrace the quiet. They will find comfort in it. 

As hard as it is to end a toxic relationship, it’s even harder to end a healthy one. You wonder if you’re giving up prematurely. If you’re doing the wrong thing.

Instead of chasing after boys, they chase after their hopes and dreams. They chase after the future they know they deserve. 

It means that you tell your partner everything. That you never keep any secrets. That you fully let them into your heart.

She might suck at casual flirting, at one-night stands, at almost relationships — but she would make one hell of a girlfriend. 

Unconditional love means that they are going to stay attracted to you, stay intrigued by you, stay committed to you — even when you’re wrinkled and gray.