“I’m thinking the reason I’ve been so quiet all those years is only because he wasn’t around yet for me to tell everything to.”— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com
“A stomach was sad... because everything it tried to make turned out to be shit.”— aadityabrahmbhatt, reddit.com
“When you’re too close to people, when you spend too much time with them and love them too dearly, sometimes you can’t see them.”— Tana French, amazon.com
“Is this just what you do? You start to get involved, get scared when the emotions are too much, and then dream up any excuse you can to run? Or to invite the other person to dump you?”— Sherryl Woods, amazon.com
“The thing that is most hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most wind up in parentheses.”— John Irving, amazon.com
“Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.”— Warsan Shire, goodreads.com
“I don’t think all writers are sad. I think it’s the other way around —– all sad people write.”— Lang Leav, amazon.com
“…but that’s exactly what happens when someone leaves. They become like ghosts, because sometimes you can’t see them but you could still feel them once they are gone.”— R. M. Drake, diekleineelisabeth.tumblr.com
“Isn't it ironic? We ignore the ones who adore us, adore the ones who ignore us, love the ones who hurt us, and hurt the ones that love us”— Stewie Stewart, poemhunter.com
“Nothing is worse than when someone who’s supposed to love you just leaves.”— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com
“I don’t think there’s anything sadder than when two people are meant to be together and something intervenes.”— Walter Bishop, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com