Makenzie Campbell Quotes

“The monsters don’t live in my closet or under my bed. They are a collection of thoughts inside my head.”

“Sometimes emotions surge so strongly that words will never do them justice. So I sit here and stare at a blank page while storms brew inside me.”

“Eventually you will hit a crossroads and you will have four choices with no compass to guide you. This may be the biggest decision of your life. Please, whatever you do, do not turn around and walk back the way you came. You didn’t come this far only to give up when your path is no longer clear.”

“Self love is survival. Without that, oxygen won’t do a damn thing.”

“I indulge myself in a book because diving headfirst into another fantasy is so much more peaceful than living in this reality.”

“How terribly tragic is it that someone’s heart can be so shattered that they no longer even find the beauty in existing? That they’d rather endure the split-second pain of a bullet wound to release a lifetime of aching in their soul.”

“You are possibly the most beautiful and intricate human being I have ever met.”

“I like my rough edges. Smooth women are too easy to climb. I don’t like easy. I want a man willing to hike mountains for me, or I don’t want a man at all.”

“Pen and paper have healed me much better than any doctor ever could.”

“If I look into a mirror and don’t like what I see, I won’t change my appearance. I’ll change my mindset.”

“To spend a night with you would be marvelous. Not for any physical pleasures. Do not get me wrong. Rather to hear your aspirations and goals. What makes you cringe? What makes you smile? I want to know what your childhood was like. What were your troubles? What are you r biggest fears? What do you dream about while you sleep? I want you to talk until the pattern of your voice vibrates my teeth and bones. I want to know every piece, every detail about you. I want your heart. I want the rhythm of my heart to align with the drumming of yours. I want you and I to not be you and I. I want you and I to be us.”

“I want a man willing to hike mountains for me, or I don’t want a man at all.”

“Forever in a trance by your noncommittal romance.”

“Do not let the dust collect in your soul. Live a life so fulfilling that it will never have enough time to do so.”

“Life is to be lived— To experience adventure. To travel the world. To learn exciting things. And it is too short to not.”