“There Is No Despair So Absolute As That Which Comes With The First Moments Of Our First Great Sorrow,

“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1848-1921) "Cleopatra" Oil on canvas

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“You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try accepting yourself and see what happens.”

— Louise Hay

“Please be patient with me. Sometimes when I’m quiet it’s because I need to figure myself out. It’s not because I don’t want to talk. Sometimes there are no words for my thoughts.”

— Kamla Bolanos

“I’ve never trusted anyone all the time. It’s the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.”

— Jay Crownover, Rule

The First & The Last

Tucked up, 1904 by Frederick George Cotman (English, 1850–1920)