50 Quotes by Nyrae Dawn

I squeeze my eyes shut as though that will somehow make it go away, but I know it won’t. It happened and there’s no changing it. No changing any of the things that happen to us. All there is to do is move on. Starting now.

I learned a long time ago not to put my happiness in someone else’s hands because you can never trust them not to drop it.

I’m not trying to be a jerk here, but you’re the one who’s been hot and cold with me. I wasn’t planning on chasing around after you, waiting for you to decide I’m worthy. I don’t work that way.

His words are the air I breathe. The fluid that hydrates me. The food that nourishes me. They’re everything giving me everything I need.

There’s the part of me that knows it, but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. It doesn’t make it hurt any less.