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25 Things We All Wish We Could Say To Our Exes

If there's one thing I'm willing to bet on it's myself. 
Jane Drinkard
August 8, 2016
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”
— Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
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“I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”
— Beyoncé
Tagged: gamble, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Confidence, said to exes
“The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.”
— Molly Ringwald, When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories
Tagged: Love, Relationships, promises, Heartbreak, Lies
“I only miss you when I’m breathing.”
— Jason Derulo, Breathing
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“The silence isn’t so bad, till I look at my hands and feel sad. Because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly.”
— Owl City, Vanilla Twilight
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“Everyday, I fight the urge to text you or call you, telling myself that if you wanted to talk to me, you would.”
— Anonymous
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“No matter how long it’s been, there are times when it suddenly becomes harder to breathe.”
— Anonymous
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“Whoever thought up the phrase ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ was an idiot. Absence makes a bitch go crazy.”
— Toni Aleo, Taking Shots
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“I deleted your number. Although I know the tired digits by heart, Scout’s honor, pinky promise. I am trying to talk myself out of every emotion I’m having, and of course, it is failing to a fault. I’m still sad, I’m still mad, I’m still heartbroken, I miss you.”
— Elizabeth Brooks
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation, said to exes
“If you wanna know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops, the ones you catch is how much you miss me, & the other you miss is how much I miss you!”
— Anonymous
Tagged: Miss you, Heartbreak, Pain, Love, Relationships, Dating, Loneliness, Longing, separation
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare)
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“I think we are going to have to love ourselves. Fuck.”
— Liz Tuccillo, How to Be Single: A Novel
Tagged: How To Be Single Again, Single, Single Life, Single Problems, Love Yourself, Independence, Women's Lifestyle, said to exes
“Every rose has it's thorn, but that doesn't mean you have to put up with a ton of pricks.”
— Kelly Rossi, Dating the Wrong Men: The Misadventurer's Guide Through Bad Relationship Choices.
Tagged: How To Be Single Again, The Single Life, Womanhood, Independence, strength, Resilience, feminism, Single Problems, said to exes
“Being single is a choice!”
— Kali Rogers, News Flash: Being Single Is Absolutely A Choice
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“We are all trying to get over the person who broke our hearts. We are all far from perfect.”
— Alex Rosa, Tryst
Tagged: said to exes, heart, broken, Broken Hearts, Perfect, Perfection
“Thank you for the laughs, the loves, and showing me everything I don't want in a man.”
— Stephanie L., 12 Things to Say to Your Ex
Tagged: said to exes, laughs, Love, laugh, Man
“Your loss.”
— Ofelia P., 12 Things to Say to Your Ex
Tagged: said to exes, laughs, Love, laugh, Man
“We are never ever ever getting back together”
— Taylor Swift, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Tagged: said to exes, back together, Together
“I’m sorry.”
— Get Ex, What to Say to Get Your Ex Boyfriend Back and Make Him Love You Again
Tagged: said to exes, Apology
“Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.”
— Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
Tagged: said to exes, Broken Heart
“I think about you. But I don't say it anymore.”
— Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima Mon Amour
Tagged: said to exes, think about you
“I love the way you refuse my love.”
— Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
Tagged: said to exes, Love
“You can't let yourself love because you think your heart can't handle it . . . that something bad will happen. But you're wrong.”
— Suzanne Woods Fisher, The Keeper: A Novel (Stoney Ridge Seasons) (Volume 1)
Tagged: said to exes, Love, let yourself
“I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.”
— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Gold Collection: All books from L.M. Montgomery and more (including Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and an Extra Special Fan Section)
Tagged: said to exes, Broken Heart, Heartbroken
“The world is filled with so many beautiful people after all and who am I to think that you will hold on, hold on to me, because who am I and what are we?”
— Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: In search for The Great Perhaps
Tagged: said to exes, World, Beautiful, People