Shivangi

“There are two rumors about breaking up that I feel might be helpful to address here.
One is that breakups should be clean. The other is that you should only breakup when you're not in love.
The truth is, breakups are usually messy, the way people are messy, the way life is often messy. I's okay for a breakup to feel like a disaster. It doesn't feel okay, but I assure you it is okay.
It's also true that you can breakup with someone you still love. Because those two things are not distinct territories: love and not loving anymore.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“She was merely responding to the violent love you feel for an ideal before you abandon it, like the violent love you feel for a person before you leave him.”
― Devika Rege, Quarterlife

“I’d noticed this was a thing that people did when they got into their thirties: they saw every personal decision you made as a direct judgement on their life.”
― Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

“Have faith in yourself to know what's right for you. Whatever answer you need, it's inside you somewhere.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me