susiephone:

when the queen’s gambit said “all the talent in the world will only get you so far if you don’t work hard and take care of yourself” and “it’s never too late to start over” and “even if you’ve dug yourself into a deep hole you can still pull yourself out” and “accept defeats with grace and use them to your advantage, take them as the learning opportunities they are” and “recovery isn’t always a straight line but it’s always a good day to try again” and “even if you can do it alone, that doesn’t mean you should have to” and “sometimes you can’t do it alone, and that’s okay”