Elin Hilderbrand Quotes

If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

A person could leave you so quickly. So much history and time and memories, but they snuck away from you, and other things took their place. How could you hold on? Wait. A bigger question. The biggest. How could you hold on and let go?

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go?

Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.

Hold on to the love, not the loss.

For the first time I was learning how much easier it was to leave than to stay behind and love.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

There's nothing you could really avoid about giving yourself to somebody who ultimately rejects you. That's just life.

No one teaches you how to do this. How do you let go of someone who you love so much?

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other.

I think that you never fall out of love with somebody, you just let go and move on.

I welcome people into my life. If they are genuine, they will stay, and if not, they might just leave. Hypothetically speaking, that's their loss. I keep it moving.

I have faith that I'll find love again, and if I don't, I'm okay with that.

You do care a little for me, I know... but nothing to speak of, and you don't love me. I was yours once till death if you'd cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now... and he's mine in a way that shocks you, but why don't you stop being shocked, and attend to your own happiness.

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.

How many times could you give up on someone you loved?

Alice: It's the only way to leave. "I don't love you anymore. Goodbye." Dan: Supposing you do still love them? Alice: You don't leave.

Problem is, you can’t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. You’re like a dog at the dump, baby – you’re just lickin’ at the empty tin can, trying to get more nutrition out of it. And if you’re not careful, that can’s gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable. So drop it.” “But I love him.” “So love him.” “But I miss him.” “So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

It isn't up to me to break his heart; that's time's job.

No one teaches you how to walk away from someone who you know loves you. NO one teaches you how to say good-bye.

For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets the idea go. She hits bottom. She dwells in the muck for several months, not depressed exactly, but involved in a mourning that at first she thinks is for Ray but soon realizes is for the loss of her old self.