25 Quotes When You're Holding Onto Someone You Know You Shouldn't Be

“You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other.”

— Charles Bukovski, amazon.com

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It’s the body’s physical response to imminent harm. It is the mind’s way of telling us to move our hand off the stove or let go of the broken glass.”

— Ally Carter, amazon.com

“Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life. So, lock the door, shed a tear, turn around and look for the new door that's opened. It's a sign that you're no longer that person you were, it's time to change…”

— Lee Goff, amazon.com

“She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.”

— Susane Colasanti,, amazon.com

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. It's like boats. You keep your motor on so you can steer with the current. And when you hear the sound of the waterfall…”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

“I suppose you can't hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on.”

— Jenny Han, amazon.com

“You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.”

— Suzanne Collins, amazon.com

“The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.”

— Faraaz Kazi, amazon.com

“When you leave, weary of me, without a word I shall gently let you go.”

— Kim Sowol, amazon.com

“We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything. In his eyes, there was no trace of what had happened between us earlier and I could feel something inside me break. So that was that. We were finally, finally over. I looked at him, and I fel…”

— Jenny Han, amazon.com

“I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.”

— Gayle Forman, amazon.com

“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.”

— Nicole Sobon, amazon.com

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves, grows you, or makes you happy.”

— Robert Tew, bestquotes4ever.com

“It [I'm leaving] wasn't really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a comfort in being no question, no room for doubt.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“I know you'll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you'll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.”

— David Guterson, amazon.com

“We kissed each other until we were too tired to keep going. I could still feel him holding back. It was my penance for what I had done to him. All I could do was hope the walls would fall and that I could have all of him again, but I was always leaving and he was tired of watching me walk away. We b…”

— Kimberly Novosel,, amazon.com

“Letting go of someone you loved wasn't hard. There was no word for what it was, because even if you didn't let them go they were still gone.”

— Lauren Kate, amazon.com

“You look around at the people in your life, one by one, choosing to hold on to the ones who make you stronger and better, and letting go of the ones who don't.”

— Tamara Ireland Stone, amazon.com

“You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on your hands, and though it's no bigger or more noble than his, it will require all of your energy. It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip -- whic…”

— Melissa Bank, amazon.com

“You'll get through this. And I know it's impossible to believe right now, but it gets better. Trust me.”

— Susane Colasanti,, amazon.com

“Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank God for it. Your problem is, you just can't let this one go. It's over.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.”

— Tori Amos, amazon.com

“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“We broke so easily. Like it was nothing. Like we were nothing. Does that mean it was never meant to be in the first place? That we were an accident of fate? If we were meant to be, how could we both walk away like that?”

— Jenny Han, amazon.com