“Most sincere things feel at least a little embarrassing. It's part of our defense mechanisms. Our heart's way of protecting us from potential hurt. - Zoe” FeelingsFriendshipEmotionsAnn LiangThis Time It S Real Book:This Time It's Real Source: This Time It's Real
“This is the closest I have ever gotten to voicing the truth: that I'm afraid. That for a long time now, between maybe the third and fourth move, the fourth or fifth friend I lost along the way, I've suspected that there's something fundamentally unlovable about me. Something that makes it easy for people to forget me the second I leave, to drift out of touch no matter how hard I try to keep them in my life. I've said before that my default setting is loneliness, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe it's really fear.” LoveFriendshipLonelinessFalling In LoveVulnerabilityFear Of LoveAnn LiangThis Time It S RealFear Of Loneliness Book:This Time It's Real Source: This Time It's Real
“I miss a lot of people." And this, I think, is my ultimate fatal flaw. Missing people who don't miss me back. Clinging onto strands of string that shouldn't mean half as much as they do. It takes so little for me to love someone, yet so long for me to move on.” LoveFriendshipBreakupRelatable Book:This Time It's Real Source: This Time It's Real
“You have to believe that there are people who will genuinely like you, and care about you, and worry over you when something's wrong.” Friendship Book:Never Thought I'd End Up Here Source: Never Thought I'd End Up Here