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You don’t have to tear all your walls down and wear your heart on your sleeve. You can still be cautious about who you let into your heart. You can still get to know someone before deciding whether they deserve access to your thoughts. You are allowed to be picky about who you love. Just don’t swear off love completely.

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There are days when I shoot the first text, when I slingshot compliments, when I like a string of selfies, when I allow the love to flow freely from my heart to my lips. Then there are other days when I want to be left alone.

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You are not scared to walk away the second things go south.

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Accept the fact that sometimes you won’t understand why you’re feeling a certain way, and that’s okay.

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She doesn’t get attached anymore because she’s tired of people pulling away, people changing their minds, people leaving, people not knowing what they want or what they’re looking for.

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We push people away when we get too attached, because seeing the walls that we’ve built around our worn out and battered hearts crumble slowly scares us.

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A guarded woman doesn’t jump into love until you show her it’s okay to fall.

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These emotional walls don’t spring up out of thin air. They are a result of countless heart breaks that have left us lost in life.