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Seen no matter how and said as seen. Dread of black. Of white. Of void. Let her vanish. And the rest...

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If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and eve...

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Isn't it weird the way you remember things, when someone's gone?

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too swe...

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Stephen KingRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

You're looking for a reason," she said. "And that doesn't help. It doesn't change the present.

You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach sma...

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It is not easy to let someone go, even when they have said unforgivable things to you.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can pa...

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Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.

If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to...

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The relief of opening one's hand and letting go was immense. But soon after, I tightened again. A de...

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Anaïs NinHenry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very ...

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Anne LamottHelp Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

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Baltasar GraciánThe Art of Worldly Wisdom

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 ...

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Charles BukowskiThe Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems

It took me 42 years to write this song, and 5 minutes to sin

I was yours once till death if you cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now--I can't hang about ...

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Don't hold onto things, it will only bring you pain.

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Ellen DeGeneresMy Point... And I Do Have One

Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we will ever do. Some people never surrender to l...

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For how imperiously, how coolly, in disregard of all one’s feelings, does the hard, cold, uninterest...

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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went th...

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...it is hard to throw off long-established love:hard, but this you must managed somehow

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

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Jack Johnson (boxer)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

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Jack Johnson (boxer)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

Picture of Jack Johnson (boxer)
Jack Johnson (boxer)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

Picture of Jack Johnson (boxer)
Jack Johnson (boxer)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

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Jack Johnson (musician)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

Picture of Jack Johnson (musician)
Jack Johnson (musician)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

Picture of Jack Johnson (musician)
Jack Johnson (musician)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?

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Jack Johnson (musician)Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static Songbook

I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I...

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Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let...

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Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will… but then again, if you don’t imagine, nothing ever ha...

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There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love w...

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I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people ...

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Not forever does the bulbul singIn balmy shades of bowers,Not forever lasts the springNor ever bloss...

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I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different wo...

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But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

Life seems to flood by, taking our loves quickly in its flow. In the growth of children, in the agin...

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Louise ErdrichThe Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year

It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governin...

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I didn't much like it, this grudge-holding against the past.

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

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Marianne WilliamsonThe Law of Divine Compensation: Mastering the Metaphysics of Abundance

How do you let go of anger? How do you release a fury you’ve been standing on for so long, you would...

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Mitch AlbomThe First Phone Call from Heaven

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that...

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Mitch AlbomThe Time Keeper

The rose has toldIn one simplicityThat never lifeRelinquishes a bloomBut to bestowAn ancient confide...

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If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, ...

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It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint in...

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Closing The CycleOne always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer...

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We cannot see Beauty till we let go our hold of it. It was Buddha who conquered the world, not Alexa...

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...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to...

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Richard CarlsonDon't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to...

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Richard CarlsonDon't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calenda...

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