“You know why it's hard to be happy? It's because we refuse to let go of the things that make us sad.”

“if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?”

“And here's to the songs we used to sing;
And here's to the times we used to know.
It's hard to hold them in our arms again,
But hard to let them go.”

“The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?"”

“Why does God want us to let go of our dreams? Because anything you are unwilling to let go of is an idol, and you are in sin.”

“The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.”

“We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad.”

“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go.”

“If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?”

“I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.”