You don’t stay with someone because of their potential. You stay with them because you would be completely content if they were to remain the way that they are for the rest of your lives.
So these texts, depressing as they are, hold so much meaning. They’re just words. But they’re all you have left.
You shouldn’t prop yourself so precariously on another person so that any movement on their part shakes your world and threatens to bring it crashing down.
Wars have been started over women; men will do anything for a girl.
Even when you get where you want to be, and you are doing what you want to do, there’s always room to be better.