“The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphys…”— Aberjhani, amazon.com
“Everyone has that moment I think, the moment when something so momentous happens that it rips your very being into small pieces. And then you have to stop. For a long time, you gather your pieces. And it takes such a very long time, not to fit them back together, but to assemble them in a new way, n…”— Kathleen Glasgow, amazon.com
“All he would say was that sometimes you have to burn it down and start over.”— Kelly Braffet, amazon.com
“Starting over can be the scariest thing in the entire world, whether it’s leaving a lover, a school, a team, a friend or anything else that feels like a core part of our identity but when your gut is telling you that something here isn’t right or feels unsafe, I really want you to listen and trust i…”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com
“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.”— Nick Hawk, amazon.com
“Your 20s are about undoing as much as they are anything else. Choosing new. Deciding otherwise. Shedding layers that have muddied your idea of who you think you are. This is the kind of scary magic you want.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“If your life is missing something you cannot place back into it, restructure. You will get nowhere dismantling the pieces with nothing to take their place.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you’ve got, instead of what you don’t.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.”— Orson Scott Card, amazon.com
“Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.”— John Green, amazon.com
“Anyone desperate enough for suicide should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.”— Richard Bach, mentalhealthdaily.com
“This was when I learned that you have to give up your life as you know it to get a new one: that sometimes you need to let go of everything you're clinging to and start over, whether because you've outgrown it or because it's not working anymore, or because it was wrong for you in the first place.”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.com
“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.”— Nicole Sobon, amazon.com
“I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com
“It might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again.”— Marilyn Monroe, theguardian.com
“Therefore, the best criterion for choosing what to keep and what to discard is whether keeping it will make you happy, whether it will bring you joy.”— Maria Kondo, amazon.com
“Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.”— Maria Kondo, amazon.com
“Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com