Letting Go Quotes ... Page 4
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"Sometimes you have to let someone go to see if there is anything worth holding on to."
"And whatever I believed in, this is all I have to show. What the hell were all reasons for holding on for such dear life? Here's where I let go." - Beth Nielsen Chapman, "almost home"
"I made the choice to finally go cause I can't stand this pain. It's time for my last tear to fall and me to smile again." - Brandy, 'Tomorrow'
"I wonder who will I love and who will I see, but most of all I wonder who will I be? It seems like yesterday I had it all and nothing was wrong, but the times are changing and I am moving on..." - Weekend Excursion
"Her life was beginning to make sense again, although she couldn't say she was enjoying it. But her mind was clear, and her heart was not constantly as heavy. Only when she thought about him. But she knew that in time, she'd survive it. She had done it before and would again. Eventually the heart repairs." - Danielle Steele
"I'm growing up again...I'm learning to accept that all good things must come to an end. I'm growing up again...I'm trying to understand what it's like to let go of a friend." - The Ataris, "in spite of the world"
"It's hard to give up the one you never thought you'd leave." - Juliana Theory, "august in Bethany"
"'He's not coming back. So do your thing . . . It's time.'" - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
"I realized that I was holding on to something that didn't exist anymore. That the person I missed didn't exist anymore. People change." - Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
"It's complicated. I think when bad things happen--whether someone dies or people argue or split up--you get to a point where it's just too hard to go back. There's so much lost. So many versions of the truth. So many versions of how things might've turned out differently. We all long for what could have been. For some people, it's just easier to move forward and try to forget." - Sarah Ockler, Fixing Delilah
"You gradually get over the pain. It doesn't go away, not for a long time, but it becomes easier to live with. One morning you wake up and he's not the first thing on your mind. And then a few months down the line you realize you've made it through half the day without thinking of him. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes, years, but eventually you reach a point when you only think about them occasionally. You manage to do this because you don't see them, you don't hear about them, you try not to think about them. And then you bump into them walking down the street, or someone unexpected mentions their name . . . and the memories come flooding back." - Straight Talking by Jane Green
"If he's not the guy, if what he needs from you just isn't there... let him go. Break his heart and make it a clean break. But if you really think you can love this guy, I'm talking scary, messy, no emotions barred need. If you're ready for that, think about what you're about to lose." - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
"The worst thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task of starting over." - Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
"Anyhow... I'm fine, I mean not that I'm over it, but little by little it's getting easier to pretend it's easier, which means easier might be right around the corner." - Gilmore Girls
"In order to move on, you must know why you felt the way you did and why you no longer need to feel it."
"She was sad, but it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time."
"It takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well." - Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
"You have to find something. Something that anchors you, something that keeps you looking forward. Even on the bad days, the days when you're tempted to look back."
"I just really need to figure out how to move on with my life right now... without you." - Everwood
"I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories but find yourself moving on. It's perfectly normal." - Nicholas Sparks
"I let my heart go. It's somewhere down at the bottom, but I'll get a new one, and come back for the hope that you've stolen." - Paramore, "Monster"
"When this memory fades, I'm gonna make sure it's replaced with chances taken, hope embraced." - Paramore, "Miracle"
"It Takes some time to let you go and it shows." - Paramore, "All We Know"
"In life, we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unkept promise, an unheard request, an irreplaceable loss, an unreachable dream, and an unforgettable first love. Still, we have to be happy anyhow, cause life goes on." - Anon
"I know my heart will never be the same, but I'm telling myself I'll be okay." - Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger"
"Doesn't happen overnight but you turn around and a month's gone by and you realize you haven't cried." - Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger"
"Riding in the car to work and I'm trying to ignore the hurt. So I turned on the radio, stupid song made me think of you. I listened to it for a minute but I changed it. I'm getting a little bit stronger.." - Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger"
"Give me a sad song that I can hold onto--anything to set me free. Just one big cry, big tears in my eyes to wash you away from me." - Sara Evans, "Big Cry"
"I know I'm gonna have to cleanse my soul if I'm ever gonna get back on my way. One night, one night, one dark and lonely night, and then will come a brighter day." - Sara Evans, "Big Cry"
"Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle--it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It's not an act of bitterness. It's an act if self-preservation. It's not always a bad idea to stay behind the window and look out at life instead, is it?" - Ally Condie
"Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go." - James Arthur Ray
"I'm proud of my heart: it has been played, stabbed, cheated, burned and broken, but somehow still works."
"My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you." - The Notebook
