“You have to believe in it to get it…”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
Source: Heart of the Sea
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“Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.”
Gail Tsukiyama The Samurai's Garden
Source: The Samurai's Garden
“There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.”
Elizabeth Berg (1948) American novelist
Variant: There is love in holding, and there is love in letting go.
Source: The Year of Pleasures
“Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.”
Dan Brown book Deception Point
Source: Deception Point
“She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Source: The Book Thief
“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”
Herman Melville (1818–1891) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”
Les Brown (1945) American politician
“Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.”
Tori Amos (1963) American singer
Source: Tori Amos: From the Choirgirl Hotel
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
“Life is to be lived, not controlled.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“The heart will break, but broken live on.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Variant: And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.
“There is no time for grief; there never is.”
Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden
Source: The Red Dice
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica