Holly Riordan

Sometimes, you have to ask for what you deserve in order to discover what other people believe you deserve.

If someone really loves you, if they have their heart set of staying with you, then they’re going to make corrections to their bad behavior.

You’ve been taught everyone has faults. You’ve been taught relationships require effort. You’ve been taught staying and trying to fix a situation is better than walking away without a fight. 

I don’t know how to play it cool. I don’t know how to hide what I’m thinking.

Pisces: That you’re going to let someone into your heart who will use your softness against you.

It’s easy to take their presence as a sign. It’s easy to fall for them again. It’s easy to forget about all of the bad times you had.

You forget what it feels like to have fun. You accept the honeymoon phase is over. You convince yourself it’s normal for couples to stop going on dates after they’ve been together for a while.

Sometimes, you have to stop and ask yourself whether this person who supposedly cares about you is pushing you forward or anchoring you in place.

ARIES: You’re accidentally going to push a good person away because you’re suspicious of why they’re being so nice to you.

I’m not going to push my own needs to the side in order to make room for you. I’m not going to sacrifice my dreams in the name of love. I’m not going to allow a relationship to come in between me and my standards.

When you’re in a toxic relationship for too long, you lose touch with your morals. You lose touch with your standards. You lose touch with reality. 

Self-care doesn’t have to mean purchasing expensive skincare products. It doesn’t have to mean getting your nails done on a weekly basis. It doesn’t have to mean splurging on plane tickets each summer. It doesn’t have to mean going broke. 

You’ve noticed a shift in your personality since you’ve started dating. You’re a softer, sweeter, more patient person now that you’ve found your soulmate.

Sometimes, you have to accept what happened, even if you don’t understand what happened.

When he told me he liked me — but wasn’t ready for a relationship right now. I didn’t spend too much time worrying about the implications. All I heard was that he had feelings for me too. All I heard was he might be ready to date me at some point in the future.

You aren’t going to know you’ve found the right person the moment you lock eyes. You are going to need some time to get to know each other, to learn about each other, to see whether you make sense together. 

Everyone is afraid of feeling too much and pushing the other person away with their intensity — and they end up pushing the other person away with their indifference instead. 

Your loneliness is going to pass — but the horror of texting an ex is going to linger for a long time.