"I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together."

Lisa Kleypas

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitter steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree you still believe it to be a beautiful place."

Kurt Vonnegut

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There is comfort in these words.

But beauty is not the reality of human nature. Imperfections, flaws, are what make us human. And softness only exists because there is hardness. You need pain just as much as you need love to know what stone you are carved from.

Be hard, be soft. Be beautiful, and be ugly.