Breakup Advice Quotes

“An unexpected breakup can cause considerable psychological distress. The social pain has been associated with a twentyfold higher risk of developing depression in the coming year. It's important to lean on family and friends for support. You'll find that brain activity in the craving centers will have decreased significantly after about ten weeks."
"Actually, it's been almost two weeks and I don't think of him at all," Layla offered.
"Then you weren't truly emotionally invested in that relationship," Charu Auntie said. "Or you're a psychopath."
"Definitely a psychopath." Daisy sliced furiously, decimating the onion as tears poured down her cheeks. "She didn't feel anything when she stole the pakoras from my lunch kit in sixth grade."
Charu Auntie balanced the basket on one hip and adjusted her glasses. "Distraction and self-care are important to prevent a craving response in the ventral tegmental area, the nucleus accumbens, and orbitofrontrontal/prefrontal cortex."
"I think she's saying, in her oddly complicated way, that she thinks you should hook up with fuckboy Danny," Daisy said. "Too bad the sexy beast upstairs is such a piece of-"
"Shhh.”
― Sara Desai, The Marriage Game

“Understand that any urge or desire to contact him will do more harm than good. It won't take the pain away - it only allows another opportunity for him to be in control. He is dictating the direction of the relationship, and you want to change that.”
― Leandra De Andrade, This Girl's Got an Ex: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting an ex Back and Making him Realize What he’s Lost

“Just so you know, love is possible for us too.
We've witnessed the pain life left at our doors.
It entered unwelcome, decided never to leave.
Hope held us together , even when everything fell apart. You knew it was out there waiting to be found.

I just want you to know, that love is possible for us too.

You will find love in time.”
― Leonie A. Anderson

“You could give them more chances but nothing would change.”
― Mr. Joshua Shaw, I Took a Plane to Die in Denver

“When there is an increase in your self-respect and a decrease in your lack of interest in him, it puts you back in control. When you suggest, by your actions, that you are indifferent about whether he comes back or not, it functions as a trigger. If your ex doesn't know what you are thinking or what your next move will be, he will respect you and treat you with more consideration.”
― Leandra De Andrade, This Girl's Got an Ex: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting an ex Back and Making him Realize What he’s Lost

“Although breakups are painful, falling to pieces also means that you can put yourself back together. This breakup can allow both of you to work on each of your issues. When you’re by yourself, you have the chance to make choices without outside influence from your partner. This will help you develop more insight into who you are as a woman and what you want from a man.”
― Leandra De Andrade, This Girl's Got an Ex: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting an ex Back and Making him Realize What he’s Lost

“A Girl with Game does not take classic revenge on her exes, we do not blast them on social media or destroy their prized possessions. Instead, we use our wit and charisma to make him suffer. It is true that the best revenge is loving yourself.”
― Leandra De Andrade, This Girl's Got an Ex: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting an ex Back and Making him Realize What he’s Lost

“If you need to search for reasons to stay then you can just leave.”
― Mr. Joshua Shaw, I Took a Plane to Die in Denver