Holly Riordan

“My mother claimed she felt a ghost touching her shoulder. My father claimed he heard someone shouting his name. I saw a teddy bear rise at the end of my bed to lunge at me.”

“Once I woke up to find that my bed was levitating in the air. Just to confirm that it was not a hallucination nor a nightmare, I scratched upon the ceiling with my nails and used the metal strap of my wrist watch that was under my pillow to leave scratch marks.”

Midnight is when her mind wanders the most. When she has time to think about the world and her place inside of it.

When they’re upset, so are you. You’ve actually cried tears over something that didn’t involve you at all, because you hated that they were going through pain. You hated seeing them like that.

She gives out second chances. She sees the best in people. She refuses to quit.

Strong men are the ones that refuse to play games, because they believe in honesty. The ones that hate the thought of letting a good girl get away, so they put in as much effort as they can to show her that she matters, that she means something to him.

The worst thing you could ever do is make her think that you’re going to be her boyfriend — and then turn into a complete stranger.

He doesn’t appreciate anything that you do for him. You send him good morning texts? He doesn’t respond for hours. You pick up his favorite fast food on your way to his house? He doesn’t even say thank you. He takes everything you do for granted.

Gemini: You’re wasting your life by procrastinating. You find it hard to come to decisions, so you just keep putting them off.

He cheats on the girl that would have given him everything.

You should look forward to date nights, not dread them. You should be eager to call your person, not keep putting it off.

When I looked in his eyes, I saw nothingness. Black dots. Like his soul had abandoned his body.

How long they should make eye contact with someone during a conversation.

Sometimes, you let your hand linger on his skin for a little too long. Sometimes, you let your eyes lock onto his lips when he’s talking. Sometimes, you let him know how good he looks in that shirt.

You push people away. You assume that every relationship is going to end in heartbreak, that you’re going to find a way to mess it all up.

It just doesn’t seem fair. You were always there for him. You put in effort to get to know him. You made him smile, made him laugh. You two were so perfect together. You had so much fun together.

A good person doesn’t use your kindness against you by begging for second and third chances they know they don’t deserve.

I stay up at night, because my heart is beating too fast. My lungs are sucking in air too fast. My thoughts are racing too fast, making me terrified of what the future will bring.