Samantha Shannon: "There is always a flicker of hope, even in the darkest of nights."

Smile and remember at the end of the day your blessings outweigh your problems.

You can stay angry at life for not giving you what you want, or you can feel blessed for being given all that you need.

Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and how I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be. And when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: before I die, I want to be somebody's favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.