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Quotes About Letting go

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
If we can forgive what's been done to us . . . If we can forgive what we've done to others . . . If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Those who can forget the past are way ahead of the rest of us.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Help me give up my addiction to Hope.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat, it's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go. Let go
~ Chuck Palahniuk
The truth is, Archer tells me, you stay in Hell until you forgive yourself. You fucked up. Game over, he says, so just relax.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Just let your hand drop; and let fate decide for you.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
If you love something... Set it free. Just don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes
~ Chuck Palahniuk
A happy past cripples people. They cling to it with nowhere better to go. Nothing to improve upon.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Brandy says, The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
You re­al­ize that our mis­trust of the fu­ture makes it hard to give up the past.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
The hardest blessing you give up is silence.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Can you just re­lax and let things hap­pen?
~ Chuck Palahniuk
You don't have to con­trol ev­ery­thing," she says. "You can't con­trol ev­ery­thing.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
When you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trash can, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
It's the sweetest of moments when the fire takes control, and you're no longer responsible for anything.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
hotting bottom isn't a weekend retreat, it's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everuthing and just let go. Let go
~ Chuck Palahniuk
The problem with loving so many people is that you lose so many.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Lo mejor es no oponer resistencia, sino dejarse ir. No te pases la vida intentando arreglar las cosas. Cuando huyes de algo solo consigues que permanezca más tiempo contigo. Cuando luchas contra algo, ese algo se vuelve más fuerte. Dice: —No hagas lo que quieres. Haz lo que no quieres. Haz lo que te han enseñado a no querer. Es lo contrario de perseguir la felicidad. Brandy me dice: —Haz las cosas que te dan más miedo.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Can you just relax and let things happen? I ask, does she mean, like disasters, like pain, like misery? Can I just let all that happen? And Joy, shes says, and Serenity, and Happiness and Contentment. She says all the names of the Columbia Memorial Mausoleum. You don't have to control everything, she says, You can't control everything.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you?
~ Claire Cook
As you walk, notice expectations you may be holding about what birds you may meet, observe them and let them go. Bring your awareness back to sights and sounds in the landscape. Open up to the unexpected in each moment - and accept the possibility of seeing no birds at all.
~ Claire Thompson