“People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.”— Richard Simmons, chicagotribune.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’m all done with hating you. It’s all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don’t hate them very long.”— Raymond Chandler, 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
“I wonder if she knows that you told me once you would never love anyone like you loved me. I hope she never finds out.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, amazon.com
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”— Henry Ellis, goodreads.com
“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you for ever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: it’s not too late to recover. You’re young, you’re tough. You’re adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, lift up your head and move on.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.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
“But the thought of moving on from something I never had is depressing.”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com
“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.”— Joel Osteen, amazon.com
“You never get over it. But you get to where it doesn’t bother you so much.”— Jeffrey Eugenides, amazon.com
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”— C. Joybell C., goodreads.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
“Okay, we didn’t work, and all memories to tell you the truth aren’t good. But sometimes there were good times. Love was good. I loved your crooked sleep beside me and never dreamed afraid. There should be stars for great wars like ours.”— Sandra Cisneros, amazon.com
“Of course, you never really forget anyone, but you certainly release them. You stop allowing their history to have any meaning for you today. You let them change their haircut, let them move, let them fall in love again. And when you see this person you have let go, you realize that there is no reas…”— Chelsea Fagan, thoughtcatalog.com
“'How do you know when it's over?' 'Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.'”— Gunnar Ardelius, amazon.com