the reason I have an unwavering sense of self confidence is because 10 year old Stephanie would think that 20 year old Stephanie is fucking awesome and hot and talented and accomplished and that’s really all that matters
Major cheat code for life: Assume good things are still ahead. You are not behind. You are not too late. You are not disqualified by your past. One new season can change the entire story. Keep showing up with belief. The best chapters are often written after the hardest ones.
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
the “looksmaxxing” epidemic was the closest thing males have ever experienced to the beauty standards women are upheld to all their lives and it literally made them all insane