Jodee Phillips

“Perhaps the hardest thing of all is to leave the illusion. A part of what you are leaving is an illusion, a mirage—something that actually is not there. And it is not real. And yet, it hurts. Ending a relationship is stressful, challenging, and psychologically difficult. Whether it has been going on for months or years, breaking up is hard to do. We consider issues, including what we are getting out of our relationship, whether there is someone else out there who might be better for us who is available and a good option, as well as what we might lose if we left. We do that algebra of the heart and if the numbers favor staying, we stay. If the numbers favor leaving, we leave.”
― Ramani Durvasula, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist

“i can't keep choosing between you and me.”
― Shana Jaroli, Bridges: A Lost Connection

“There is almost no way to prepare for how beautiful a place becomes just before you go.”
― Meg Fee, Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace

“It’s hard to know when you’ve been holding on to something until you finally let it go, or it leaves of its own accord.”
― Sara Wolf, Send Me Their Souls