You can't polyurethane granite. It is too porous. The plastic peels right off. This was never going to work. - Mark Manson

deny one’s negative emotions is to deny many of the feedback mechanisms that help a person solve problems. As a result, many of these repressed individuals struggle to deal with problems throughout their lives. And if they can’t solve problems, then they can’t be happy.

if it feels like it’s you versus the world, chances are it’s really just you versus yourself.

Growth is destructive. You can’t become someone new without destroying who you used to be.