"I wondered if that was what I was doing myself " caring so much about something that was so long gone that I was only propping it up."

Closure, Memory, Attachment, Past, Reflection

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"I wondered if that was what I was doing myself " caring so much about something that was so long gone that I was only propping it up."

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"I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Closure, Love, Regret, Connection

"My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm. "And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"When the past comes knocking, don't answer. It has nothing new to tell you."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Closure, Past, Nothing, Life, Future

"Real, lasting closure is never secured through retribution or retaliation."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Closure, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"God never ends anything on a negative, God always ends on a positive. Because what is negative about going home?"

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"Goodbye" is the best ever gift that you can receive from worse friends. Never hesitate to wave it back. Be bold to say "no" to what always keeps you static!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Closure, Goodbye, Friends, Self-Respect, Change

"Do not leave without saying good bye."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"That you were able to walk away, gives me my answer as plain as day."

Alfa H, American Author

Closure, Acceptance, Clarity, Decision

"With tact, exit from the world I've created, and we never have to speak of those good times again."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Closure, Memory, Past, Life

"I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the occasional media frenzy of blame or denial."

Politics

"I didn't want to give up my job and join the ranks of the Doing Fuck All brigade no matter how much money I had in the bank."

Work

"For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it."

Writing

"It's ridiculous " a girl steps out, goes dancing, gets her hair cut, decides to spend the summer in Italy and it's a scandal. A chap does it and no one bats an eyelid."

Gender

"When you're depressed you retreat and you go into a smaller world. This is why Brighton worked well for the story, because it's a smaller world than London."

Psychology

"If peace came it would have to do so when there had been time to allow the hatred to grow out of people's thinking."

Healing

"This is the cusp of an age at least as exciting and as brimful of potential as the early days of the printing press."

Progress

"Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies."

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