“What is on the other side of any addiction? Something you are desperate to avoid. You stay addicted and you can't let go because letting go means falling back into what you are desperate to avoid… such as a feeling of being unsafe, isolation, lack of belonging, loneliness, emptiness.”

— Teal Swan

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American spiritual teacher 1984

Jasper Johns (1930) American artist

interview at Johns' studio, Billy Klüver, March 1963, as quoted in Jasper Johns, Writings, sketchbook Notes, Interviews, ed. Kirk Varnedoe, Moma New York, 1996, p. 87
1960s

“I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction… my obsession…”

Sylvia Day book Bared to You

Variant: You're an addiction... my obsession...
Source: Bared to You

“If you love something, let it go. if it was meant to be, it will come back to you.”

Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now

Source: If You Could See Me Now

“Let go of all that holds you back; the memories, events, people, whatever makes you feel worse, let it float with the wind - let go of whatever is no longer serving you.”

Ralph Smart

“And even if you don't tell this person you've forgiven them, because sometimes you can't, it's amazing what will happen in your life, what will happen with that person, what will happen with you and other people, if you have a forgiving spirit and let it go.”

Ysabella Brave (1979) American singer

"Forgiveness" (7 July 2007)
Context: Now do we have to forgive and forget? No! In fact sometimes it's important to remember, so that you can prevent something like that from happening again, or know that it's not ok with you, even with that person or anyone else.
But forgiving — why not? Do it so that you can be free. And I guarantee you, you will be free of this thing. And even if you don't tell this person you've forgiven them, because sometimes you can't, it's amazing what will happen in your life, what will happen with that person, what will happen with you and other people, if you have a forgiving spirit and let it go.