“Don’t stay because you are afraid of change, saying goodbye, or ending up alone, there is nothing more harmful to your heart and soul than sharing them with someone not meant for you.”— Beau Taplin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.”— Anna Quindlen, amazon.com
“I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it.”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“Saying goodbye is always hard, and it never gets easier no matter how many times you say it.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You have to let him go. That means when he tries to text you to talk about his problems, you don’t reply. It means when he blows up your phone trying to get your attention, you don’t respond. It means you block him from all social media so that you don’t see if he’s having a ‘bad time’ or if he’s ha…”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“There should have been a better farewell. But in the end, there never is. And we take what meagre scraps we can find.”— Richard K. Morgan, amazon.com
“There is no comfort in the word 'farewell,' even if you say it in French. 'Farewell' is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.”— Kate DiCamillo, amazon.com
“I choose losing you over losing myself and I would rather be abandoned by you than be abandoned by me.”— Farah Ayaad, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being alone is scary, but you know what’s scarier? Spending your life with someone who makes you feel alone because you didn’t walk away when you had the chance.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Leave. Even if it means breaking your heart, because you know that hearts will naturally heal when it breaks. Be as smart as your heart.”— Jillian Bacarisas, thoughtcatalog.com
“Be a woman who knows when to leave houses, marriages, and relationships, because it doesn’t feels like home anymore.”— Jillian Bacarisas, thoughtcatalog.com
“No woman should stay in a relationship that feels like a cage.”— Jillian Bacarisas, thoughtcatalog.com
“You always know when it is time to leave. The question is, will you?”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes we think we can make them stay. But we can’t. Because we can’t make people feel, we can’t make them love, we can’t change their heart just by giving them ours.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I can’t hate you for leaving because life is too short to hold onto things and people that don’t fill our hearts with happiness and purpose.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s only after you leave behind the people who don’t deserve you, do you run into the arms of someone who does.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Leaving isn’t a sign of weakness. It doesn’t mean you’re giving up. Sometimes leaving is the greatest sign of strength you can have.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com