Pick the people you love and surround yourself with carefully. Because you take pieces of the people closest to you. You pick up their quirks, their mannerisms and their attitudes. This is not a decision to be taken lightly, the people around you can unknowingly change who you are. So choose wisely.

she wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. she spoke to no one. she spent hours on the riverbank and had midnight swims. arundhati roy, ‘the god of small things’. (via empiregrotesk)

You are strong. Your feelings are valid. Your memory is trustworthy. If you feel hurt, you have been hurt. If you feel angry, someone has upset you. Your lived experiences are your own – and you have every right to feel through them and to react to things that have done you harm. You are …