“Ghosts don’t haunt us. That’s not how it works. They’re present among us because we won’t let go of them.”— Sue Grafton, amazon.com
“I can’t let you go now. I want to go places with you; obscure little places, just to be able to say: here I came with her.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“Love who you love while you have them. That’s all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you’ll never run out.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”— Deborah Reber, amazon.com
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, goodreads.com
“I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.”— Jeffrey MCDaniel, goodreads.com
“Actually, it’s not so much that I’ve forgotten. It’s more like I’ve stopped keeping track.”— Sara Gruen, amazon.com
“It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.”— Yann Martel, amazon.com
“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.”— C. Joybell C., goodreads.com
“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“I guess my life hasn’t always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I wanted. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else they’ll break my heart.”— Jonathan Franzen, amazon.com
“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”— Deborah Reber, amazon.com
“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com