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"Most writers discover their love for the craft in the process of getting over dark phases."

"The moment you realize something is holding you back from maxing out your potential is the very same moment you rebel from the chains that bind you."

"In the entwining of your discoveries, strengths, weaknesses, and relationships, there will be something that speaks to you."

"The more you feel comfortable embarrassing yourself, the more you push yourself to do the things that scare you, and the more that you grow."

Struggle, sacrifice, compromise, and conflict. Ripped off of these components, how does a partnership thrive?

"Love is complex. Our world makes it complicated."

Here are 31 of the most invaluable lessons I've learned in my 20s—broken down into chapters on love & relationships, life, and being queer.

"Some can't wrap their heads around the idea of using an app to look for a potential partner in a similar way you would go on Amazon to look for discounted toilet paper. It sounds so contrived. So unnatural."

"As ordinary, mediocre human beings appreciating our dull realities, we find comfort and power in the truth that nobody truly cares what we do."

"Self-discipline stems from the love and respect we have for ourselves."