Heartbreak takes a piece of your innocence with it. Sometimes I look back at the girl who loved so purely, so blindly, with her whole heart, and feel a bittersweet ache knowing I’ll never be that naive, that soft, or that unguarded again.

I don’t need any more relationships that teach me how to be alone. If there’s one thing life has taught me, it’s that. I want closeness, presence, consistency, and someone who genuinely wants to be there. I’ve experienced enough solitude, isolation, and neglect to know exactly what it feels like to stand on my own. I’m not looking for another lesson in loneliness; I’m looking for a love that makes me feel less alone.

Nothing kills a relationship faster than watching your partner give others the love, effort, and consideration you’ve been begging for. It makes you realize they’re capable of showing up for someone; they just choose not to show up for you.

I’ll never forget how you watched me suffer in your absence while happily giving your time and presence to everyone else.

A man who can’t hear “you hurt me” without turning himself into the victim will eventually lose every good woman who ever genuinely loved him.

There’s nothing more exhausting for a woman than trying to communicate her feelings, only to realize that the man she’s speaking to is so focused on feeling offended that he never actually listens to understand her.

Untouchable men will always be superior. No woman wants to show off a man who’s in every girl’s likes, follows random women, and acts overly friendly with everyone. There’s nothing attractive about a man who gives every woman access to him. It’s embarrassing, not impressive.

One day, you’ll miss the girl who never asked for much, just your time, attention, and affection.