You think if you don’t talk about it, you can just pretend everything is all right? Everything is not all right. Not with us, not with your parents, not with anything today. And if you let yourself go anywhere real with it, you have to acknowledge it.

Laura Dave
About This Quote

The quote says that you cannot go around ignoring your problems and pretend that you are fine when in reality everything is not fine. You have to talk about your problems and acknowledge them. You must face them head on and deal with them in order to get the life you want.

Source: The Divorce Party

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