Quotes About Closure

For between them, ex-husband and wife, some unspoken body of love has been laid to rest, and they stand awkwardly next to it now, regarding it in its coffin.

In any relationship that comes to an end, there's never just a baseline reason why. You say, 'Oh, I broke up with my girlfriend.' Someone says, 'Why?' You say, 'Well, you got three hours? And then maybe after I tell you my version, you've got to talk to her.'

I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end.

She says I should reach out and build bridges, but I think certain bridges are meant to burn and it's a shame some people can't be on them when it happens.

Sometimes people don't come back,' said Rachel. 'That's why you should always make your goodbyes count.

Some lids are best kept closed, glued, nailed, screwed down and buried under six feet of earth.

Manchmal kommen Menschen nicht zurück. Deshalb sollte man immer darauf achten, sich richtig zu verabschieden.

I think certain bridges are meant to burn and it's a shame some people can't be on them when it happens.

but I think certain bridges are meant to burn and it's a shame some people can't be on them when it happens.

That's it for today.

En lugar de avanzar, nos echamos tierra encima. Cuando sufrimos por una pena, una decepción, algo que nos impide vivir, tenemos que empezar por mudarnos de casa, quemar las fotos, evitar hablar de ello. Los recuerdos inhibidos se desvanecen; puede llevar su tiempo, pero acaban por desaparecer. La red se desactiva.

Já na manhã seguinte (...) entendi que uma parte de minha vida acabava de terminar, e era provavelmente a melhor.

Iar razbunarea e aceasta: intrucat noi l-am ucis pe el, el asa mort cum este ne-a luat lumina si cu ochii inchisi i-a inchis pe-ai nostri, care nu mai stralucesc deasupra pamantului.

DEATH freezes everything. Whatever you did or didn't do, whatever you said or left unsaid: none of that is ever going to change. You have no more chances to say sorry or make things right. No more chances for anything except regret.

The gate closes behinds us.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

No fim, tu morres. No fim do livro, tu morres. Assim mesmo, como se morre nos romances: sem aviso, sem razão, a benefício apenas da história que se quis contar. Assim, tu morres e eu conto. E ficamos de contas saldadas.

It takes a lot of work to start a conversation—overcoming hesitancy, approaching someone, checking our mind-set, and saying the right things. It also takes a lot of energy to keep a conversation going well. That's where we usually put our focus. So it's surprising to most people that ending a conversation can often be the toughest part.

we fell out of love, but only one of us was prepared to say it.

In a way I couldn't believe I'd carried a torch for her this far - I should have used it to set fire to her years ago.

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

It's all over, so let's not burden the telegraph system.

Masculine and feminine stories cannot have the same ending.