Jamie Varon

You adamantly refuse to be the kind of woman the world wants you to be.

I’ve come to realize that the worst case scenario in life isn’t to be rejected by others, but to reject yourself.

Breakthroughs are always sneaky. They disguise themselves as breakdowns but then, suddenly, you pull through them cleansed and clear.

Shying away from the potential of disappointment leads—quite poetically—to a very disappointing life.

When you do the work to heal, it can sometimes be a dark tunnel. It can feel like you haven’t done anything at all.

If you chase the opinion of others to validate your life, you will do so forever. It will never end.

The truthiest of all the truths is that you’re the only person who has to live with yourself.

The ugly truth is that we are addicted to using the Internet to distract us from ourselves. And it’s making us miserable.

I don’t need to hang on to the past like it’s a bad habit I can’t quit. Memories you want to forget only intensify the more you want to forget them.

This will serve as my official request for our best friendship, Shonda. Call me.

You shouldn’t aim for a life of ease, of comfort, and of perfection, of a constant happiness that never wanes.

It is deeply uncool to ever openly admit that you want to be cool.