"If love becomes too painful, then it's time to let that love go and save yourself. You have to keep this in mind because you'll be able to find another love but not another self."

Breakup, Love, Pain, Self, Freedom

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"If love becomes too painful, then it's time to let that love go and save yourself. You have to keep this in mind because you'll be able to find another love but not another self."

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"But if love had to die, I wanted it to die quickly. It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death: I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck."

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"The end of love looks like the beginning of war."

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"All of the reasons we decided to part, elude me now."

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"Stop giving love to those who don't return it."

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"Once you realize your past is just a story, it no longer has any power over you."

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"No matter how much you revisit the past, there's nothing new to see."

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"It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to complain and shrink or are you going to step into your greatness?"

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"Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free."

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