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Persistence in relationships. Usually your persistence is a complete lack of respect for other people’s boundaries or holding onto things that aren’t working out.

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I push people away because I can’t afford to be heartbroken, and still I always am.

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You can’t expect to be the only person in their world — but you certainly shouldn’t feel like a backup plan when the rest of their friends are busy.

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I’m really critical about every single mistake I make. I could think about something for weeks and previously years/months. I used to shut down at little things, but I’ve been growing and I’ve been teaching myself that mistakes are something to learn from.

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You used to be an optimist. You used to be sweet and starry-eyed. You weren’t always this cynical. You weren’t always this short-tempered. The world made you this way. The people in your past made you this way.