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You will want to yell in a world that tells you to whisper.

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If you experience chemistry with another being, don’t question it. 

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I’d rather be broken than sit in a bubble and watch the world pass me by. I’d rather get hurt than never know how it feels to touch the hands of a person who loves me. I’d rather fail then never try to build a foundation with someone, or start a project, or believe in a dream.

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Tears rolling down my nose, unable to breathe type of laughter. I’m fine. A little bruised, but she was right. I fell—it didn’t kill me. It’s easy to stand back up and start again, knowing a bout of laughter is the worst I have to look forward to.

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Maybe it wasn’t your fault because you can’t be blamed for something that was never meant to be.

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Maybe they call it ‘falling’ because it’s just that—you completely trip, slip, lose control, and crash into another person. Head over heels. All of you. Into their open arms.

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Don’t get lost in his eyes.

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I want to know that I matter to you, too. That this matters. That a potential ‘us’ matters, and you aren’t just toying with my emotions.

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If I told you I was scared, would you pull me into your arms and kiss my worries away?

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love her with your whole heart, love her more than that girl from high school who never loved you back, or that girl from college who is writing you this letter