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I refuse to settle for something that won’t fulfill just because I feel lonely or sad or empty. I refuse to take all of my loneliness and put it on another person’s back. I refuse to settle for a relationship that I don’t even really want.

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One day you’re going to wake up and not feel the void inside of your heart. And one day, you’re going to wake up and not miss the warm body that used to lay next to you. 

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I realized that I was never going to be fully happy until I could learn how to grieve, how to fail, how to grow, and how to succeed — all on my own.

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Modern dating is like trying to swim in the Atlantic Ocean just waiting for sharks to attack you. It’s like sitting in the Sahara Desert waiting for the sky to open up and downpour on you. It’s like going to the dentist and realizing that you have five cavities and they forgot to numb you first.

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When you’re single, you can choose your company, your own family is crazy enough sometimes…

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Currently, I’m in an awesome relationship with myself, so I’m not about to cheat.

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There’s a significant difference in using your single status as the punchline in a joke you’re telling about yourself, and actively complaining to the universe because you just hate being single.

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Her family and friends come first. In no way does she feel lonely or unloved; she’s surrounded by loads of people who truly love her.

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We live in a society where instead of viewing single life as the norm or the rule, being single has become the exception to the rule.

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Now, you’ll never make someone a priority who sees you as an option. And that’s a pretty badass place to be.