Holly Riordan

You shouldn’t assume the right thing to do is to stick it out with this person, fight for this person, remain committed to this person. 

I love myself more than ever, which means I’m more selective about who I let into my heart than ever.

He might be telling you what you want to hear in order to stop you from getting angry, from walking away, from realizing you deserve so much better than him.

You’re beautiful. You’re valuable. You’re a catch. And the right guy is going to realize that.

When you take a risk on love, you’re taking a risk on yourself. You’re deciding you deserve a chance at happiness.

You might want to stay single while your heart is healing. You might not want to put too much pressure on the cracks. You might not want to throw yourself into a situation you’re not ready to face.

Aquarius: You’re affectionate. You never hold back how you feel. You give out compliments freely and make sure everyone in your life knows they’re loved. 

It doesn’t matter how many hours you spent working because you never feel comfortable taking a break. It doesn’t matter how hard you’ve been pushing yourself, because you still feel like you haven’t been doing enough.

I never want you to feel like I’ve forgotten about you. I never want you to feel like I don’t care.

You deserve someone who thinks highly of you, someone who adores everything about you, someone who feels like they’re the lucky one in the relationship and you’re the one who is settling.

You’re going to feel lonely when you’re dating the wrong person. Texting them isn’t going to make you feel any better — and neither is spending face-to-face time with them. Even when you’re cuddled up together in bed, as close as physically possible, you’re going to feel like there’s emotional space between you. 

Trusting your person means feeling confident they would never betray your trust, they would never sneak behind your back, they would never do you dirty.

When you’re with your forever person, getting through your worst days is a little bit easier because you know you have someone special waiting for you at home. You know your shitshow of a day is at least going to end in a hug and a kiss.

I would rather know how you feel about me from the start than spend months assuming how you feel and find out I was wrong.

It wasn’t your job to fix them, so stop feeling like you’ve failed. Stop telling yourself they would have changed if they loved you enough, if they wanted your relationship to work badly enough, because it’s not the truth.

You have high expectations — so you aren’t going to settle for anything less than the best. 

I’m not interested in taking care of you when we’re both supposed to be taking care of each other.

If you want the truth, our relationship is never going to be the same. I’m going to be cautious of you moving forward. I’m going to be suspicious. I’m not going to trust you the same way I used to trust you. I’m not going to look at you the same way either.