Just Because It's Over It Doesn't Mean I Stopped Loving You

“I don’t believe in goodbyes. I don’t believe that the connections we have to people and things are temporary. That somewhere along the way they cease to exist, cease to carry meaning, cease to be something real. Because no matter the time, the distance, the loss in our life, they will forever carry…”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“There ain’t no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”

— Kate DiCamillo, amazon.com

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”

— J.M. Barrie, amazon.com

“There’s a trick to the ‘graceful exit.’ It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit l…”

— Ellen Goodman, seattletimes.com

“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”

— John Green, amazon.com

“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can ev…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“and in the end, letting go was a lot like finding love. i had to learn to say goodbye to the one who gave me the courage to say hello.”

— R.M Drake, rmdrk.bigcartel.com

“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“I’ll know that our chapters lived on separate pages for a while but the ink was always pressed together, was always permanent, that in the end we'd come back together.”

— Rose Goodman, thoughtcatalog.com

“That night I didn’t say anything. I just watched you leave and in the end, I just stayed sleeping awake. Somewhere between a sweet dream and a beautiful nightmare, hoping one day you’d return to rid me of the demons you left behind.”

— R.M Drake, rmdrk.bigcartel.com

“do not bother holding onto that thing that does not want you -you cannot make it stay”

— rupi, amazon.com

“And they lived happily ever after, without each other.”

— Harsh Snehanshu, quora.com

“I never wanted you to leave. But I stayed silent as I held open the door.”

— Kirsten Corley, facebook.com

“i've got too many things to say to you which i could perhaps never bring myself to say.”

— M. Ocean, amazon.com

“my insides echo only your name. that is how empty i have become.”

— M. Ocean, amazon.com

“Despite the distance, and time we haven’t spoken, I’ve spent the past two years, hoping to meet someone who makes me feel, as half alive as you did. I still love you with all my heart.”

— Anonymous, facebook.com

“So maybe I hate you for all the right reasons. There are one hundred words my twisted tongue could spit, in your direction; except the only thing escaping from my lips are, 'thank you.'”

— Anonymous, facebook.com

“And I don't get waves of missing you anymore They're more like tsunami tides.”

— Ed Sheeran, youtube.com

“And I hope the sun shines And it's a beautiful day And something reminds you You wish you had stayed You can plan for a change in weather and time But I never planned on you changing your mind”

— Taylor Swift, amazon.com

“And I just wanna tell you It takes everything in me not to call you. And I wish I could run to you. And I hope you know that every time I don't I almost do,”

— Taylor Swift, amazon.com

“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.”

— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com

“So I'm gonna love you, like I'm gonna lose you. I'm gonna hold you, like I'm saying goodbye.”

— Meghan Trainor, amazon.com

“You left with no goodbye, Not a single word was said, No final kiss to seal any sins, I had no idea of the state we were in, I know I have a fickle heart and a bitterness, And a wandering eye, and heaviness in my head.”

— Adele, amazon.com