Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. When someone seems mysterious, we like to romanticize that he's "deep" or "complicated." But a lot of the time, things are exactly as they seem....

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

Time will break all of the old habits and create new ones for you, and in the process, you will try to handle this immense pain with dignity (because you're that kind of girl). You actually will have to move on and you actually will be fine and that's when he may actually miss how incredible and special you are.

Every time i try and wink at someone, I mess it up and end up scaring people.

I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.