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You can get different things out of different relationships with different people. You can take every experience and try to learn something about yourself - maybe something that was making you happy or unhappy, qualities you did or didn’t like about that person - and take that with you, so at least you know the boundaries of what works for you.
[My book] is all about my experiences growing up and what it is to become a young woman in today’s day and age. I talk about a lot of the taboo things young girls don’t like to discuss. But the second we do, we realize we’re not alone. That includes self-confidence issues, body image issues, and accepting things that are different about yourself. It doesn’t matter what feature you’re talking about, whether it’s a physical feature or an insecurity about your personality. It’s what defines you as who you are. So it’s all about embracing that inner you, almost as a superhero and saying, “We all have flaws.” But sometimes those flaws can be turned into our greatest strengths.
Lily Collins for AT&T Portrait at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
This is the first time I’m talking about it. This is my moment of talking about it, it’s important. It’s really important. It’s something that a lot of young women go through and there’s no shame in it, and this movie is about that — it’s about embracing your past and about realizing it’s something that doesn’t define who you are, but it’s about your experiences, surrounding yourself with people that support you, and about surviving and getting through it.
Lily Collins attends the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California on December 11, 2016
Be proud of who you are and what you’ve gone through. Have faith in yourself and trust you have the strength to keep going. And know that at the end of the day, only you have the power and ability to tell your own story. So tell it as openly, honestly, and authentically as you can.
get to know me meme: favorite movies [1/?] Love, Rosie (2014)
You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK. You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. You should be with someone who could make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy.
Lily Collins for the New York Times
Lily Collins for the New York Times
