“Do what is best for you. Do what is most safe for yourself. And make a change. It’s your life. Not anyone else’s.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“He isn’t going to change. It’s an uncomfortable pill to swallow, knowing your kindness and huge heart are wasted on him. But he’s zapping your energy. He’s sucking you dry.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“For many people with OCD, the symptoms ebb and flow over the course of their lifetime.”— Rafi Letzter, businessinsider.com
“You can obsess and obsess over how things ended—what you did wrong or could have done differently—but there's not much of a point. It's not like it'll change anything.”— Jess Rothenberg, amazon.com
“Giving your partner a second chance means hoping that whatever happened in the first place doesn't happen again, but old patterns and behaviors don't just stop. You two both have to actively work on changing the dynamic.”— Sara Altschule, bustle.com
“A second chance extended to another person is also a second chance for you. Don’t limit your potential by closing your mind to the possibility of change. Your decision that someone is not worthy of forgiveness is in fact a statement saying you are not worthy of peace.”— Kelly Buckley, kellybuckley.com
“Everyone deserves another chance! People change! Miracles happen!”— Stephanie Althoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“Because the thing about second chances, the things girls fear more than anything is realizing people don’t change. We hope they grew up and learned from their mistakes. We hope they actually miss us and aren’t just lonely.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re just living in the past and you can’t actually change anything so if you keep on messaging your ex, it keeps you both from moving on. There’s no point in reliving your memories when you could be out there making new ones, that could be 100x better.”— Amanda Jensen, universityprimetime.com
“You can’t change the past, but all of us have the power to change the future.”— Michael Hyatt, amazon.com
“Apologies aren't meant to change the past, they are meant to change the future.”— Kevin Hancock, amazon.com
“Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.”— Francine Rivers, amazon.com
“You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here.”— Sarah Addison Allen, amazon.com
“You are not your past. Although you are changed and shaped by past experiences who you were yesterday does not control the person you have the potential to become tomorrow.”— Sue Augustine, amazon.com
“And you must know we do not really change over time; we are as flowers unfolding, we merely become more nearly ourselves.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“You’re still on your own because you’re too impulsive. You change your mind every other day and that makes it difficult for people to keep up with you. You have no problem making the first move, but after that dating isn’t really on your radar.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. You'll detect slow and subtle shifts going on all around you, more importantly shifts in you.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com