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35 Quotes About Letting Go Of The Person You Don't Want To

Letting go means to come to realization that some people are a part of your history. 
Kirsten Corley
March 8, 2017
“Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.”
— Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie
Tagged: Letting Go, Life, Moving On, Acceptance, Knowledge
“Remember that you were art long before he came to admire you, and you'll continue to be art even when he's gone.”
— Charlotte Geier, via Tumblr
Tagged: After Him, After Love, Moving On, Letting Go, You Are Art, Self-Love
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Tagged: Letting Go, Love, Relationships
“This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go.”
— Buddy Wakefield, Hurling Crowbirds At Mockingbars (Hope Is Not A Course Of Action)
Tagged: Apology, Letting Go, forgiveness, Redemption
“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.”
— Guy Finley, The Secret Of Letting Go
Tagged: Love, Breakups, Heartbreak, strength, Relationships
“You’re allowed to leave any story you don’t find yourself in. You’re allowed to leave any story you don’t love yourself in.”
— Rania Naim, You’re Allowed To Leave
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
— Ann Landers, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!:: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On
“It's hard to let go of anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.”
— Madeline L’Engle, A Ring of Endless Lightt
Tagged: Letting Go, Let Go, Learning To Let Go
“We hold on so tightly, because we’re terrified of loss. We hold on till our hands bleed. And in that self-shattering persistence, we fail to see the answer: Just let go.”
— Yasmin Mogahed, via Facebook
Tagged: Letting Go, Holding On, Let Go
“You can love someone so much… But you can never love someone as much as you miss them.”
— John Green, An Abundance Of Katherines
Tagged: Love, Missing You, Letting Go, Missing Someone, Pain, Heartbreak
“I don't think you ever realize how much you love something until you have to give it up.”
— Haley James Scott, One Tree Hill
Tagged: One Tree Hill, Love, Give it up, Letting Go
“And in the end, she left a scar and I knew that was how she wanted to be remembered. She wanted to leave her mark in the world without getting her heart too attached to it.”
— R.M Drake, R.M Drake Collection
Tagged: In The End, Relationships, Love, Letting Go, Moving On
“and in the end, letting
go was a lot like finding
love. i had to learn to
say goodbye to the one
who gave me the courage
to say hello.”
— R.M Drake, R.M Drake Collection
Tagged: Letting Go, Relationships, Courage When Things Go Wrong, Hello And Goodbye
“Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.”
— Gayle Forman, Where She Went
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, goodbye, Relationships Ending
“Conflicts between your heart and head appear like a boxing match. To walk away from someone who consumes so much of your heart, you can’t bear the thought of it. But, then in your head you remind yourself, it is for the best you leave now.”
— Kirsten Corley, The Pain And Joy Of Letting Go Of An Almost Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationship, Almost Love, Toxic Half, goodbye
“I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past. I've loved many others since: my children are dearer to me than she was; and, at death, I shall not rejoice that I are going to her: I shall be sorry that I must leave them!”
— Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Tagged: Leaving, Letting Go, Moving On
“you must forgive me for leaving when i did”
— M. Ocean, Let Her Go
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Forgiving, I Had To Go
“every 5 am feels the exact same without you”
— M. Ocean, Let Her Go
Tagged: Letting Go, Movie Quotes, Learning How To Live
“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Mistakes, forgiveness, Moving On, Letting Go, Try Again
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, The Truth, and Being Free
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On
“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.”
— Nicole Sobon, Program 13 (The Emile Reed Chronicles, 1)
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Starting Over
“We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything. In his eyes, there was no trace of what had happened between us earlier and I could feel something inside me break. So that was that. We were finally, finally over. I looked at him, and I felt so sad, because this thought occurred to me: 'I will never look at you the same way again.”
— Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Breakups
“You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other.”
— Charles Bukovski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems 1946-1966
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On
“Letting go of someone you loved wasn't hard. There was no word for what it was, because even if you didn't let them go they were still gone.”
— Lauren Kate, Waterfall (Teardrop)
Tagged: Moving On, Letting Go
“Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank God for it. Your problem is, you just can't let this one go. It's over.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On
“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”
— Shannon Alder, Fanpage
Tagged: goodbye, Letting Go, Moving On
“And I don't get waves of missing you anymore
They're more like tsunami tides.”
— Ed Sheeran, UNI
Tagged: Love Lyrics, goodbye, Letting Go, Missing
“If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone: A Novel (P.S.)
Tagged: Love, Set Free, Letting Go
“Sometimes the kindest thing to do is to let people go.”
— Leanne Taylor, Orange Is The New Black: "Season 3, Episode 09"
Tagged: OITNB, Letting Go, Break Up, Moving On
“The truth is if you reach a point where letting go is the only option, it usually means that this thing or someone already let you go. You are trying to stay in a place where you are not welcome anymore.”
— Rania Naim, The Art Of Letting Go
Tagged: Letting Go, Fate, Destiny