#breakups

Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#emotional-wounds #happiness #hardships #self-image #suffering

Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He wore a loose shirt, cobalt blue, unbuttoned at the top, showing a prominent, knobby collarbone. He looked…complicated and hungry. She’d captured him focused intensely on a book, his face pressed against a wall like he was resting. Or waiting. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#artist #breakups #college #creativity #dating

I don't want to know that you don't want me. I don't want to know what you do without me. I don't want to know what I'll be without you. I dont wanna know. I don't wanna know. ↗

— Sara Quin

#heartbreak #i-don-t-want-to-know #sara-quin #someday #tegan-and-sara

The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#relationships #breakups

You eventually erase her contact info from your phone but not the pictures you took of her in bed while she was naked and asleep, never those. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#breakups

All my joys resemble more a momentary intoxication than the real gold of happiness. It was all but an illusion. ↗

— Richard von Krafft-Ebing

#depair #depression #happiness #illusion #joy

I was clinging to all that had been and, in an ideal world, all that we had hoped for. He, he wanted out. ↗

— Freya North

#breakups

Yes, you are right! I am your leftover trash. I hope you know a bum got to eat too. I believe you were one when I met you. ↗

— Touaxia Vang

#hate #leftovers #relationship #breakups

Wait!" he yelled. I didn't turn around, I walked faster. Then I heard him slam his fist on the hood of his car. I almost stopped. Maybe I would have if he'd followed me. But he didn't. He got in his car and he left, just like he said he would. ↗

— Jenny Han

#conrad #jerk #breakups

remember you are not you, now. you are you a year from now. how does that woman walk? she is not sick or sad. doesn’t even remember today. has been to Europe. what song is she humming? now. right now. that’s it. ↗

— Marty McConnell

#moving-on #strength #breakups