Hard To Let Go Quotes

• Some things are hard to let go of.

  Veronica Roth

  Letting Go, Tobias, Hard

  Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.26, HarperCollins

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• People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving On, Depression, Letting Go

  Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.125, Souvenir Press

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• It's hard to let go 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.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Letting Go, Ashes, World

  Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.95, Macmillan

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• It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.

  Stephen King

  Letting Go, Thorns, Hard

  Stephen King (2014). “Joyland”, p.94, Titan Books

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  People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.

  Byron Katie

  Letting Go, Addiction, People

  "Byron Katie Spiritual Leader. Story UNteller. Ambassador of Inner Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.awaken.com. September 30, 2013.

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• I think once an athlete always an athlete and once you have a competitive nature about you, in general, it's hard to let go. Whether you're going to take it into medicine or take it into sport, the competitive drive never really leaves.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Sports, Letting Go, Athlete

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• I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up.

  Harvey Pekar

  Letting Go, Sweet, Lying

  "Fictional character: Real Harvey". "American Splendor", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• I know it's hard to let go of people that have been with you forever. Sometimes it's time to call it a day.

  Wendy Williams

  Letting Go, People, Forever

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• If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life.

  Anne Hathaway

  Letting Go, Happy Life, People

  "Anne Hathaway to Neil Patrick Harris: "Do the Opposite of What I Did" at the Oscars" by Lorena O'Neil, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 6, 2015.

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• I am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that I catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what I said to myself about myself when I was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six but I am running into a new year and I beg what i love and I leave to forgive me.

  Lucille Clifton

  Letting Go, Running, New Year

  Lucille Clifton (1974). “An ordinary woman”

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• You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.

  Kristan Higgins

  Break Up, Letting Go, Breakup

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