Letting Go at 40 Quotes

“It’s fine. Are there two worse words from a woman?”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“Anna. I’ve loved you from afar for over twenty-five years. And now, I’d like to love you up close.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“The things you do to me. My body. My heart … You could shatter me, but fuck do I want to be broken by you.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“You’ve never been in love?” Her voice softens, tiptoeing into a topic we probably shouldn’t discuss.
“Only been one perfect woman in my life and she wouldn’t ever be mine.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“There is only you, Anna. Only for me.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“Anna is more than a friend. She’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to commitment. I’m dedicated to her, to us, to the potential of what we could be if she’d only let me in.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“Mason, we can’t keep doing this.”
“Doing what?”
“Winding each other up, only to walk away.”
“What if I don’t want to walk away?” What if I want to hold tight and never let go?”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“I can’t lose you next.”
“Sweetheart.” His quiet groan is a plea … “No one else is leaving, Anna. Especially not me.” He squeezes me tighter. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m here for you as long as you need me.”
Did I need him? I swore I never would. Oh, how my feelings have changed.
I very much want Mason in my life.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“Ben was dead but parts of me were tingling back to life.
And I just wanted to let go a little.
The thought still feels selfish.
I can’t bring Ben back, but I don’t know how to move forward.
I don’t know how to be me.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“What does moving forward look like for us? I can’t deny the guilt, but I also can’t erase the slow-burning feelings I’m developing for this man.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40

“I’ll grieve forever for Ben, but there is a slippery slope to letting grief consume me.”
― L.B. Dunbar, Letting Go at 40