“Doesn’t matter how tough we are. Trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home. It changes our lives. Trauma messes everybody up but maybe that’s the point. All the pain and the fear and the crap, maybe going through all that is what keeps us moving forward. It’s what pushes us. Maybe we have to g…”— Alex Karev, imdb.com
“It’s okay if you’re a mess, if you’re still ‘figuring it out,’ if your lost or trying to find your way—life isn’t about having it all together, but about moving forward—day by day, step by step.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Only good memories, only a longing heart On the path where you left me I’m standing alone Only until I can forget you, until I will be alright I’ll swallow my tears and at the end of my wait I will bloom once again”— Park Hyo Shin, open.spotify.com
“Some people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.”— Reyna Biddy, nonchalante.tumblr.com
“Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”— Paulo Coelho, facebook.com
“With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I’d never forget…”— Wilson Rawls, amazon.com
“You cannot remove my scars or rewrite the past that haunts me. Just hold me tight and tell me everything is going to be okay.”— Michael Faudet, twitter.com
“It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn't live without him. Apparently I could.”— Gabrielle Zevin, amazon.com
“When someone’s been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it’s like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you’re just clutching air and grit.”— Jenny Han, amazon.com
“I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”— Barbara Kingsolver, amazon.com
“I am slowly learning that some people are not good for me, no matter how much I love them. I deserve someone who is gentle and kind, because my soul is getting tired. Realizing that I deserve something good is one of the first steps.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“Someday someone will walk into your life and you'll realize why it didn't work out with someone else.”— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com
“Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.”— Brian L. Weiss, amazon.com
“Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”— Henry Ellis, goodreads.com
“It’s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that’s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It’s not the pain they’re getting over, it’s the love.”— Melina Marchetta, amazon.com
“It's so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don't love them any more.”— Richard Brautigan, amazon.com