“Dating apps offer us up a plethora of potential matches and the addictive dopamine hit that their game-like nature delivers is primed to keep us swiping. Whilst they may be set up to find us a partner, they are, by their very design, keyed to keep us coming back for more—hardly a recipe for long-las…”— Katie Bishop, manrepeller.com
“We're not who we used to be. We're just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me.”— Harry Styles, open.spotify.com
“In my dreams, I meet the ghosts of all the people who have come and gone. Memories, they seem to show up so quick but they leave you far too soon.”— Kodaline, open.spotify.com
“Abusers also deploy tactics like being emotionally withholding and hot-and-cold with affection to manipulate their victims into doing as they say. And while this isn’t what most people mean when they talk about ghosting, it’s harmful behavior that’s rightly classified as abusive.”— Madeleine Holden, melmagazine.com
“So I sent a Google survey to everyone who's ghosted me in the last six months”— jaz sufi, twitter.com
“Would you say 'let's hang out tomorrow' and then not hang out?”— Emily Mortimer, Doll, Dolly Wells, imdb.com
“I, for one, believe in ghosts. The creepy, move-your-keys-in-the-middle-of-the-night kind and the “Yeah that sounds good! I’ll see you Wednesday!” (but never actually see you Wednesday) kind.”— Nora Taylor, manrepeller.com
“When we are together, he's SO there, and he's SO present, and then... he disappears for two weeks, and doesn't answer any of my text messages, and I feel as though I invented him.”— Jennifer Konner, Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, imdb.com
“Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.”— Jeff Greenstein, Jeff Strauss, Joey Tribbiani, Matt LeBlanc, imdb.com
“John: You haven't returned any of my calls. Damon: Most people would take that as a hint.”— Bryan Oh, Caroline Dries, Damon Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder, imdb.com
“They say they would love to date me and then wonder why, the next day, I think they want to date me. I neither require the flattery nor deserve the ghosting. With hookups there’s no need to be mean — just say what you mean.”— Gabrielle Ulubay, nytimes.com
“Corresponding with you is like writing letters to an empty coal mine or an aching void.”— Groucho Marx, amazon.com
“You really are the most selfish person on Earth. No wonder your brother ghosted you.”— Kristine Huntley, Violet Adams, Liza Koshy, imdb.com
“It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“If she can't find me, she can't break up with me.”— David Mandel, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“I left three messages. I can't believe this woman. She has sex with me, leaves ten minutes later, then I never hear from her again. What kind of a person does this? I mean, she used me. I feel cheap and violated.”— Elaine Pope, Larry Charles, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“Boys will continue to ghost you, hurt you, and disappoint you. But boys will also continue to give you butterflies, make you giddy, and give you love.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.”— Jonathan Harnisch, amazon.com
“I’m the person who leaves every single event without saying bye don’t even question it I hate saying goodbye I don’t want to hug you just let me disappear into the night like I’m batman.”— Unknown, vangoghmg.tumblr.com