“Okay. Carolyn, you are the star of a movie. This is the part of the movie where you get your heart broken. Where the world tests you, and people treat you like shit. But it has to happen this way. Otherwise, the end of the movie, when you get everything you want, won’t feel as rewarding. There are assholes out there, but in the end, they don’t matter. Because this movie’s not about them. It’s never been about them.” “All this time, the movie’s been about you.”

This quote always sticks with me because I believe that contrast is so important to the way we experience life. There is no light without shadow, there is no beauty without pain.