Moving On After Breakup Quotes

• Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Change, Inspiring, Break Up

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• Strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go.

  Lenny Santos

  Letting Go, Moving Up, Holding On

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• We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  E. M. Forster

  Break Up, Letting Go, Breakup

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  When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Letting go has never been easy, but holding on can be as difficult. Yet strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go.

  Lenny Santos

  Moving On, Letting Go, Breakup

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• To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Life, Relationship

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1850). “The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy”, p.9

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• Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

  Mary Oliver

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mary Oliver (2006). “Thirst: Poems”, p.61, Beacon Press

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• Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Break Up, Breakup

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 19, 2014

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• Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Break Up, Broken Heart

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• Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

  Golda Meir

  Love, Moving On, Break Up

  Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.

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• I believe that everything happens for a reason.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Meaningful

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.

  Barack Obama

  Moving On, Faith, Letting Go

  Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.207, Canongate Books

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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  The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Friendship, Break Up, Broken Heart

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• When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator.

  Bonnie McFarlane

  Break Up, Encouraging, Broken Heart

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  Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

  Hermann Hesse

  Love, Life, Strength

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• When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

  Dennis Quaid

  Love, Break Up, Broken Heart

  "Quaid: Split From Ryan Was 'Like Death'". W Magazine Interview, abcnews.go.com. July 19, 2001.

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• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Love, Funny, Life

  In Memoriam canto 27 (1850) See Congreve 7

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• Turn your wounds into wisdom.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Oprah Winfrey (2017). “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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• Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

  Justin Timberlake

  Moving On, Break Up, Sympathy

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• Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it.

  Morton Hunt

  Positive, Moving On, Break Up

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• Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

  Drake

  Life, Moving On, Break Up

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• Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it's not worth having.

  Sarah Mlynowski

  Break Up, Breakup, Mean

  Sarah Mlynowski (2010). “Gimme a Call”, p.291, Delacorte Press

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• I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well.

  Ashley Greene

  Moving On, Break Up, Breakup

  "Ashley Greene Covers Seventeen: 'Twilight' Star Opens Up About Exes (PHOTOS)", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2012.

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• We need never be ashamed of our tears.

  Charles Dickens

  Sad, Break Up, Breakup

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Great Expectations”, Xist Publishing

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