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“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?”

Ifs Knows Trying Enough Wanted Wise Letting Go This Life Why Not

Book:The First Bad Man

Source: The First Bad Man

“Im not the type of artist thats like, Lets go out and party and dance your life away! I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.”

Thinking Wanted Artist Song Party Type Letting Go Messages

Author:Claudia Lee

“I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.”

Long Ideas Wanted Letting Go Long Time Long Time Ago

Author:Julianne Moore

“I love all the old pictures - of spanking and Bettie Page and corsets. But you can't do spanking in fashion, so I wanted to do a project where I could really let go and get girls who also love those things.”

Wanted Girl Fashion Letting Go Projects Pages Spanking Corsets Get A Girl Old Picture

Author:Ellen von Unwerth

“Families were never what you wanted them to be. We all wanted what we couldn't have: the perfect child, the doting husband, the mother who wouldn't let go. We live in our grown-up dollhouses completely unaware that, at any moment, a hand might come in and change around everything we'd become accustomed to.”

Children Moments Hands Might Wanted Mother Perfect Husband Letting Go Accustomed Perfect Child Dollhouses

Author:Jodi Picoult

“He may be out of my life physically, but he'll always be a part of me. I can't let go even if I wanted to.”

Ifs May I Can Wanted Letting Go Can't Let Go

Author:Simone Elkeles

“He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into the warm curve of his neck, and never let go.”

Wanted Faces Felt Safe Letting Go Warm Familiar Shirts Necks Curves Never Let Go

Book:Crescendo

Source: Crescendo

“I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.”

Ifs Want Life Wanted Fighting Letting Go Okay Moving On Letting Go And Moving On Moving Forward In Life If I Stay Moving On In Life

Book:If I Stay

Source: If I Stay

“It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself but accept myself. I wanted to take myself less seriously -- and also more seriously. I wanted to use my time well, but I also wanted to wander, to play, to read at whim. I wanted to think about myself so I could forget myself. I was always on the edge of agitation; I wanted to let go of envy and anxiety about the future, yet keep my energy and ambition.”

Source: The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

“--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Peter had an arm around me. "Let it go, Kade," he was whispering very gently, though his arm was nearly crushing me. "Open your fists," he said, "and let go of the coals.”

Believe Said Done Hands Wanted I Believe Arms Letting Go Crush Peter Coal Fists Let It Go Whispering

Author:David James Duncan

“When I was willing to let go of what I wanted, I received what was truly mine. I’ve realized that the latter is always the greater gift.”

Wanted Greater Mines Willing Letting Go Latter

Author:Anita Moorjani