“I was dying on the inside, aching for all that we’d lost, and as I stared at our wedding photograph, I hated myself for allowing it to happen.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“You weren’t ready for the love I was to give, and I wasn’t patient enough to teach you the lessons you needed to learn for yourself.”— Nathalie Marie, thoughtcatalog.com
“When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when he writes about juveniles, he must stop where he best can.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“'Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.'”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“I read the last paragraph of my favorite book. I remind myself that some things I love end. And that’s okay.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Do you know there's a halfway world between each ending and each new beginning? It's called the hurting time, Jean Perdu. It's a bog; it's where your dreams and worries and forgotten plans gather. Your steps are heavier during that time. Don't underestimate that transition, Jeanno, between farewell…”— Nine George, barnesandnoble.com
“There's no such thing as a completely fresh start. Everything new arrives on the heels of something old, and every new beginning comes at the cost of an ending.”— Jennifer E. Smith, amazon.com
“Can't say I've ever been too fond of beginnings, myself. Messy little things. Give me a good ending anytime. You know where you are with an ending.”— Neil Gaiman
“He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.com
“It's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.”— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com
“Baby, I have no idea how this will end. Maybe the equator will fall like a hula hoop from the Earth’s hips And our mouths will freeze mid-kiss on our 80th anniversary. Or maybe tomorrow my absolute insanity Combined with the absolute obstacle course of your communication skills Will leave us like a…”— Andrea Gibson, youtube.com
“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“The very idea of ‘happily ever after’ is as much an illusion as the idea of 'a cure.’ We are all looking for a quick and complete fix, a cure. We want to be able to say, 'I was this way before and now I am better. It’s great and that’s that.’ Yet we know life doesn’t work that way.”— Tommy Rosen, amazon.com
“Well, let it pass; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, goodreads.com