“Don’t dwell on what might-have-been. Letting go of a relationship involves recognizing that it was not meant to be, and that you have set new goals and built new dreams. Avoid having unrealistic expectations or hopes that you may get back together. Or that he would change and perhaps become the person you want him to be or your problems will just get sorted out. Realize that the relationship has run its course and it’s time to let go.”
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January 2010
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“But then I think about everything that kiss brought into my life. What it was like to look at you and know not just what you were thinking, but also what you were feeling because I was feeling the same thing, and then it’s worth it. It’s worth all the pain that I’m going through. I want to regret kissing you, but I can’t. It was the smartest decision I ever made.”
—Dawson’s Creek
“Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.”
—Dr. Phil
“I got to have you for one night. Somewhere, I should be content with that. But I’m not. She gets to spend the rest of her life with you, and I got a few hours. Where is the fairness in that?”
—JoAnne Golden
“Your friends are your release. They’re who you have the most fun with, and yet when the going gets tough, those people turn around and suddenly they’re not just making you laugh, they’re being this rock and giving you all of their advice. Even though you’re so much your own person, if you dissect yourself, your friends are in there. Their influence is incredible.”
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“The test of love is not when we are together. It comes when we are not together and realize that despite the distance, love is still there.”
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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
—Douglas Adams
“I guess we really didn’t understand why he was so hard on us sometimes. Because sometimes, and I remember these times so distinctly, my dad could be great. He could be so much fun. You never wanted that feeling to end.”
—The Wonder Years
“She believed in dreams, alright, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn’t come along, she went over to the palace and got him.”
—Walt Disney, speaking of Cinderella
“I can’t let go ‘cause you’ve given me so much to hold on to.”
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“That’s the worst part of growing up, and I’m beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don’t seem half as wonderful to you when you get them.”
—Anne of Green Gables
“Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place. Maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.”
—Jodi Picoult, Handle With Care
“Someone once said that once you experience something real, your first true love or anything remotely close to the sheer purity of that first love, nothing will ever compare. And once you start a new relationship, no matter what, after that first love, you will go into that relationship with two people: The guy who holds your hand and the guy who holds your heart. Most likely these two people aren’t the same, but if you find someone who is, then that’s how you know you have the real thing.”
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“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
—Euripides
“Something has to be right about us being together, because if it wasn’t, I don’t think I would feel the way I do when you kiss me.”
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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
—John F. Kennedy
“I think that’s what I’m afraid of most: That I’ll never know what the palms of his hands feel like against mine, that I’ll never taste the sweetness of his mouth, that I’ll never hear him speak my name.”
—Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship
“Be aware that what you chase may not be worth catching. If you cheat for it, you will come to resent it. If you steal it, it will haunt you. What you work hard for may become the sweetest thing in life.”
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“Letting go of someone you love and accepting that they no longer want to be with you can be a painful thing to cope with. But the heart does heal; some take longer than others. And remember, you’ve lived much of your life without this person before, and you can do it again.”
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“There are things about your childhood you hold onto, because they were so much a part of you. The places you went, the people you knew.”
—The Wonder Years
