“Stop trying to get validation from people who can't or won't acknowledge your feelings. This reflects their inability to empathize. It's a failure on their part and has nothing to do with you.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“Saying you’re sorry is an act of strength. Apologizing says I appreciate you and your feelings and I am strong enough to admit that I did something that hurt you. Honest self-reflection is not for the weak. It is perhaps… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“I want to be bold and courageous; I want to take ridiculous risks; I want to live every moment with appreciation and consciousness and… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“She averted his eyes, but not before he recognized the pain in them, a tormented and languished gaze, a stare preserved for people who… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“All I wanted was to merge with the same person who had broken me, thinking that he was the only one who could fill… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“We can reach untainted experiential freedom, by living in the moment as it is—without contemplation. Here we find the possibility of freedom—of just being—living… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“He was always right beside me, but we were never in the same place.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“I suffer from chronic nostalgia. Looking back makes me dizzy, queasy, and I yearn for it, ache for it. I want it back; maybe… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“She grew tired of shielding her body, For societal expectation and propriety, Double standards and sobriety, Ideologies of prudent cries, And boys who made… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“I used to think knots in my stomach meant I really liked someone, but now I knew it was my body’s alarm system telling… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“I rested my chin on my paws, wondering if she’d ever be able to open her heart to another man-human. I knew firsthand how… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“You should only fall in love with someone whose arms are open, and strong enough to catch you.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
