44 Quotes by Kacen Callender

But it was a tough lesson to learn, realizing that I couldn’t wait for her to decide she would love me again. It wasn’t healthy. If I fall in love again, it’ll be with a woman who loves me also – not someone who I have to convince to love me. It’s easier, I think, to love someone you know won’t love you – to chase them, knowing they won’t feel the same way – than to love someone who might love you back. To risk loving each other and losing it all” -Dad.

I want to see what a new self-portrait would look like, after I’ve stood up for myself.

When someone hurts me, I either obsess over how to convince them I’m worthy of their love or obsess over how to destroy them.

It’s easier, sometimes, to love when you know it’s a love you can’t have.

It’s easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance. It’s the real, loving relationships that can be the scariest.

I didn’t even know so much water could be inside a person- like he was hiding an entire ocean beneath his skin.

I never hated you. I could never hate you.

What does it feel like, to love someone so much that you’re willing to publicly bare your heart and soul with a black Sharpie?

Second of all,” he says, “it doesn’t matter what they think. It only matters what you think. Do you think you’re worthy of respect and love?” My mouth is still open, but now, no sound comes out. “I think you are,” he tells me, still watching me – totally unashamed to be staring.