It's Not Okay Quotes

“Do I think I made a mistake in getting engaged? Yes. Obviously, considering it didn’t last. Do I regret it? Yes. I regret the fact that I will never get that first proposal back; that moment won’t go to my husband, but rather will always belong to my ex. But, I’ve never believed in living life free of regrets, it’s too much pressure. In fact, I regret plenty of things: the terrible bangs I had in third grade, the hideous sequined corset I wore to the prom—hell, I regret what I wore last weekend. Regrets are mistakes that we learn from. They don’t dictate the rest of our lives, they’re just little glitches, and impulsive choices we made in the moment. But it’s just that, a moment and the moment eventually passes.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“Did he, like most men, possess the superpower of knowing just when we women have turned a corner, only to swoop in and fuck shit up for us all over again? As”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“Being damaged is a choice. So is being happy. Choose wisely.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“It’s worse than a death and harder than battling an illness. With a death comes finality, with an illness comes an opponent to beat. But when it comes to heartbreak, it’s just you fighting . . . your own pain.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“Because no matter how bad it gets, no matter how tumultuous and painful the end of a relationship can be, no matter how much you think your life is over and you are forever damaged, there comes a moment when you find that the storm has finally passed. The sunshine has dried up all the rain, and you, my friend, have survived. It’s the moment where you look at the scar that came from heartbreak, and see it not as a scar of weakness but as a scar of resiliency and strength. It’s the moment when you finally realize that maybe, just maybe, it is okay. This is that moment. —The Beginning—”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“You can’t control that you broke up, you can’t control the feelings that you’ve had, you can’t control who you fell in love with in the past—but you can control whether or not you’re stringing them along with you. The choice is all part of your newly found independence.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“Lesson learned: Being damaged is a choice. So is being happy. Choose wisely.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“Maybe if we stop thinking of our past relationships as failures and start thinking of them as small discoveries that we improve upon, then one day, all of those discoveries will lead us to the ultimate exploration . . . Mr. Forever.”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After

“most importantly realize that happily ever after might really be happily never after. I”
― Andi Dorfman, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After