137 Quotes by Penelope Douglas

There are times when we can blame a situation on others, but we own our reactions to them. There comes a point where we are the ones responsible for our choices and excuses don’t carry weight anymore.

Acting like you don’t care is not letting it go.

That’s the thing about change. It can be gradual. Slow and almost unnoticeable. Or it can be sudden, and you don’t even know how you could’ve been any other way.

This is how bullies are made. I’d just purposely made him feel unloved and unwanted. I’d told him he was alone. Even with everything he’d pulled on me, I’d never felt abandoned or isolated. There was always someone that loved me, someone I could count on.

If you beat metal long enough, it turns to steel.

Maybe that’s the thing I’d been missing about love. You don’t withhold it or partition it out when it’s deserved. You can’t control it like that.

Letting yourself be vulnerable isn’t always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.

I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine.

Isn’t it about time you fought back?