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I was always so afraid of your reaction, caught up on how it would end, that it never crossed my mind that if I didn’t say anything that I would have to watch you fall in love with someone else. 

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It’s jarring to feel nothing when you’re used to feeling everything. It can feel like your whole world has gone off its axis. The world holds no more color—everything is gray.

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Promise me that your heart will always break for those who are suffering. Promise me that you’ll always get angry when one of your friends gets hurt. Promise me that you’ll smile from ear to ear when love comes into your life.

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If your insides are consistently at war over the same relationship questions, what does that tell you?

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Be proud of who you are. It’s not an easy journey and you are incredibly brave to keep returning to the root of your truth.

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Sadness is a normal, healthy part of life.

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It’s hard to care so much that I’d walk through fire, especially when a voice inside tells me you don’t feel the same.

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You are important, down to the very last cell in your living, breathing body.

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This one is for when you or anyone that you have or had feelings for is caught up in the one-dimensional parts of this world.

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This too is just deep emotion, because deep emotion is what sets you apart. It is what sets you on fire. And honestly, it is what sets you free.