Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

HERE It’s- Can I say? It’s like the song of a family where everything’s always all right, it’s a song of belonging that makes you belong just by hearing it, it’s a song that’ll always take care of you and never leave you. If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes.

You say the gentleman I knew has been replaced. How I wish I could offer better comfort than to say that no matter how you have changed, you wil be welcomed when you return. Do what you must. If it helps you to endure, put the feelings away for now, and lock the door. Perhaps someday we'll air them out together.

You don't rest well as long as you're seeking vengeance. I feel sad justice wasn't done, but it's time to move on and sleep well.

I think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That's not me trying to make everything OK - it's me saying, "No, we love each other. Let's not pretend we don't."

Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.

For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I'm learning that those two things can co-exist. It will never be the same joy, but it doesn't mean there won't be joy.

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

I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

'E.T.' was a healing movie; it was a heart movie. It was all about getting about getting home and love.

There's always room to mend broken hearts, I suppose.

That's the number one rule after you lose someone is go to somebody else, go to the people around you, be with the people that you love.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.

Then she made up her mind.It was absurd to pretend that he did not exist.It no longer hurt her to see him. She opened the door wide and let him into her life again.

Love wins. Sleep is a healer. Loved ones are sacred.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

You can hold on to me for as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie". - Eric, Club dead.

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.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm.

Forgiving the past means remembering the love there, and releasing all the rest as the illusion that it really was.

Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that’s all she can do. That and hope.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.