We try so hard to hide everything we're really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most. People try to bottle up their emotions, as if it's somehow wrong to have natural reactions to life.

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"You are the fish that I never want to release back into the sea."

- Colleen Hoover

Love

"When you wrapped your arms around me and held me, I knew that no matter what happened with my life, you were my home."

- Colleen Hoover

Love

"Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective."

- Colleen Hoover

Awareness

"Sometimes even grown women need their mother’s comfort so we can just take a break from having to be strong all the time."

- Colleen Hoover

Compassion

"Sometimes even grown women need their mother's comfort so they can take a break from all that being strong."

- Colleen Hoover

Compassion

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"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."

- Nagato

Empathy

"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."

- Simon Sinek

Empathy

"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."

- Liz Wiseman

Empathy

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:5

Empathy

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Empathy