She told me that women who wore makeup had bad values. Putting on makeup would have been a statement–a rebellion. I didn’t try it. I grew to feel guilty for wanting to feel attractive.
Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.
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Deborah Reber
There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.
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Kate Dicamillo
If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.
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Shannon L. Alder
Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.
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Mandy Hale
If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
More Quotes By Aspen Matis
Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.
We loved each other. We fought for each other. When worlds collapsed we were buried in the rubble together and when we were dug out of the rubble and rescued we all celebrated together.
She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself.
Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.
Even a Menno sheltered from the world knows not to stick her tongue into the mouth of a boy who owns an Air Supply record. You might stick your tongue into the mouth of a boy who owned some Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but you...
