“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. That’s how it is with us.…”— Kazuo Ishiguro, amazon.com
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”— C. S. Lewis, goodreads.com
“Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it’s like they didn’t fade away at all.”— Bob Dylan, amazon.com
“Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it’s the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open. But my hand has been clenched into a fist for…years now; it’s frozen shut.”— Gayle Forman, amazon.com
“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”— Maxim Gorky, amazon.com
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to do—the only thing—is run.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.”— Caroline Myss, amazon.com
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”— Henry Ellis, psychcentral.com
“I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.”— Joanne Harris, 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.”— Ray Bradbury, elephantjournal.com
“Let your maybes go and grab every opportunity to grow. You deserve to gain the best of yourself.”— Dr. Gia Sison, twitter.com
“Give your best effort when you can, but don't let other people's neglect suddenly become your emergency when they're ready to deal. Let go.”— Shakira Sison, twitter.com
“Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.”— Gabrielle Zevin, amazon.com