“You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love. You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough.”— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net
“But this is something you have to figure out on your own. Nobody can help you. That's what love's all about . . . You're the one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to do it alone as you wander through the dark. Your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I’ve contacted so many people after they ghosted me because I wanted closure & if you've thought about doing this, let me save you some time. It is literally never worth it. Every one told me they were scared/not over an ex etc., so when you're ghosted, move on. It's almost always them, not you.”— Lane Moore, twitter.com
“Building a life with another human being means working with what you have.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“Loving someone despite their faults, failings, or character defects is the most powerful thing you can do.”— Kristen Bell, twitter.com
“In 10 years, when the dopamine has waned, remember: life is a crazy ride, its a privilege to go through it with a partner.”— Kristen Bell, twitter.com
“Vulnerability always begets connection and intimacy. Stay vulnerable with each other.”— Kristen Bell, twitter.com
“Find you a partner who supports your dreams and celebrates your successes!”— Susan Fowler, twitter.com
“You don’t just walk away from someone when things get tough, you find a way to stick it out and figure out what’s gone wrong.”— Shana Norris, amazon.com
“It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.com
“However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.”— Aidan Chambers, amazon.com
“Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“And when I asked you how you’d been, I meant I missed you more than I’ve ever missed anything before.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“In the grand scheme of things, love is simple. The person who wants to talk to you will find a way to talk to you. The person who wants to see you, will not decline your invitations.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.”— James Dobson, goodreads.com
“What can we hope for in a marriage but to keep seeing things anew? With the people we love, it is so easy to stop seeing them at all.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.”— Noel Gallagher, rollingstone.com
“Wait for someone who bumps mouths clumsily with yours cos they're too busy smiling to kiss you properly. Yeah. Wait for that.”— Azra T., goodreads.com