Letters To A Certain No One #6

Dear Certain No One,

Apart from those few fleeting moments in middle school of what could be considered "kindness," you've been nothing but a completely cold jackass to me.

First of all, the one class we had together in sophomore year was a hellhole because of you. Now, you acknowledge me in much the same way you would acknowledge still air. It's like I'm dead to you.

Not that I'm complaining, because guess what? I don't care, for you've long been dead in my eyes.

Sincerely,

A Certain Other No One

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

-John O'Callaghan 

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself.

-Edmund Lee 

Nostalgia is a beautiful thing, but if you're not careful, you risk getting stuck in your own personal mythology.

-Hugo Pierre Leclercq 

Letters To A Certain No One #5

Dear Certain No One,

I have steeled myself against crying in public to the point that I cannot shed tears unless I'm by myself. And even then I struggle to choke them back and force them to evaporate, rather than stain my cheeks and sting my eyes.

I'm not blaming you specifically, because the whole world shares the blame.

Sincerely,

A Certain Other No One

People say "There are other fish in the sea." I say, "Fuck you, she was my sea."

-Jen Faulkner 

The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds the house, but the reader makes it a home.

-Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer, Between The Lines (2012)