Courtney Peppernell Quotes

“But maybe life is not about being happy every time the sun rises. Maybe it's just about being okay on the mornings that you are sad and knowing that the sun will always rise again tomorrow.”

“It’s not like we come with an instruction manual: Please handle with care or rock her world. It’s not like you can open the book and it’s going to read: Has been hurt before, don’t be too reckless with her heart.
Because even when you tell people that and they know, they still do it anyway.”

“Sadness is just another word for being soft.”

“The bravest people aren’t the ones that pretend they’re fine when they’re not. It’s the ones that admit they aren’t fine but carry on anyway.”

“How does loneliness still exist with all these souls in the world?”

“I forgave you for myself. Not for you. You were too selfish for me. So when you broke my heart, I decided to be selfish too. Selfish in the way I stopped making everything about you.”

“I hope you find someone who reminds you that you deserve the love you give.”

“I started to believe in the world again, the rise and fall of my chest as I breathed change in. How beautiful it is to change, to be open to things different than what we have always perceived. I started to tell the world I was in love. Because love is a wonderful thing, and love always wins.”

“Just tell me softly that you love me, because when you said my name, I swear my heart was never the same.”

“One day you are going to look at someone and say: I survived. There is great satisfaction in that. Even more if the person staring back comes from your mirror.”

“You are a lonely sailboat, afraid of drowning where no one will see.”

“Don't waste your time with people who bring you down. Bitterness is a disease that gets the better of most people, but that doesn't mean you need to tolerate it. You have flaws just like anybody else. Embrance them, live for them. There is only one you. Forgiveness is happiness. They walk hand in hand.”

“I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.”

“Sometimes the smallest details about a person are the biggest reasons why you love them.”

“You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will read things you don't want to read, you will have moments when you don't want the pages to end. But you have to keep going. Stories keep the world revolving. Live yours, don't miss out.”

“You can’t choose which parts of her you love. Even in all the ugly moments, she should still be the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with. People are not perfect, they have flaws. You don’t get to choose which ones to leave out. That’s not honest love.”

“You don't have to forgive everyone in your life. But you do have to forgive yourself.
Every time.”

“You shouldn't lose sleep over somebody any more than they should lose sleep over you. But you do, we all do. And we call this love.”

“It’s difficult to be the best version of yourself all the time. But perhaps life isn’t about that. You don’t have to always be in a good mood; you don’t have to always be sociable or productive. It’s about how much you try, even when it feels like life keeps flipping upside down.”

“My mind repeats all the mistakes I’ve made, like a bad movie reminding me of all the things that cause me so much doubt.
There are things that go wrong in my life, like a roller coaster that twists and bends. People say that this is just how life goes. But too often I am wondering if maybe it’s just me. Too often I am thinking about how often my doubt shows.”

“The past does not define you. There will be people who once knew you intimately, but they don’t know you now. They may remember a chapter that once spoke to them, but they don’t get to know the chapters that are coming. You get to write those.”

“There are many things you should care about
like sick animals, dying trees, and saving the bees.
What others think of you
is not one of these things.”

“There is beauty in the chaos of living.”

“We spend a lifetime with our feelings; try not to hurt those of others.”

“Words look different on pages than in your mind. On pages, they sit quietly, waiting to be read. But inside your head, they're screaming, angry, hurting, bleeding red.”

“You do not have to show your face to the world every single day. You are allowed a day off.”

“Some moments have to happen so they may shape you, teach you, undo you, and remake you.”

“We belong to different forevers. My heart and your heart were never meant to be together.”