Source: Sex and the City
“You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.”
“You've got to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.”
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“Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must.”
Variant: Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.
Source: My Name Is Memory
Source: The Flame is Green (1971), Ch. 9 : Oh, The Steep Roofs of Paris
Context: Beware of those who manufacture final answers as they go along, of those who will catch you on their catch-phrases and let you perish in the traps. All the final answers were given in the beginning. They stand shining, above and beyond us, but they are always there to be seen. They may be too bright for us, they may be too clear for us. Well then, we must clarify our own eyes. Our task is to grow out until we reach them.
“Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be.”
Source: The Lost Herondale
