Giving Up Quotes
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![Mark Twain](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1322103868i/1244._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”
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![C.J. Redwine](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1322069849i/4864634._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.”
― Defiance
― Defiance
![Jodi Picoult](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1657141143i/7128._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I see that I’ve been wrong. If you really love someone, Allie, I think you have to take them back.”
― Mercy
― Mercy
![Shannon L. Alder](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1647739446i/1391130._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”
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![Jim Rohn](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1610634450i/657773._UY200_CR27,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.”
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![Chris Bradford](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1454587562i/417954._UX200_CR0,55,200,200_.jpg)
“Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
― The Way of the Sword
― The Way of the Sword
![Tiffany Madison](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1336095875i/3398537._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“I believe the world is divided in three groups: givers, takers and the few that can balance both impulses. Giving and loving is a beautiful thing. It is the currency of compassion and kindness, it is what separates good people from the rest. And without it, the world would be a bleak place. If you are a giver, it is wise to define your boundaries because takers will take what you allow them to; all givers must learn to protect that about themselves or eventually, there is nothing left to give.”
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![Julie Kagawa](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1257816454i/2995873._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“You think I don’t know pain?” Puck shook his head at me. “Or loss? I’ve been around a lot longer than you, prince! I know what love is, and I’ve lost
my fair share, too. Just because we have a different way of handling it, doesn’t mean I don’t have scars of my own.”
“Name one,” I scoffed. “Give me one instance where you haven’t—”
“Meghan Chase!” Puck roared, startling me into silence. I blinked, and he sneered at me. “Yeah, your highness. I know what loss is. I’ve loved that
girl since before she knew me. But I waited. I waited because I didn’t want to lie about who I was. I wanted her to know the truth before anything else.
So I waited, and I did my job. For years, I protected her, biding my time, until the day she went into the Nevernever after her brother. And then you
came along. And I saw how she looked at you. And for the first time, I wanted to kill you as much as you wanted to kill me.”
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my fair share, too. Just because we have a different way of handling it, doesn’t mean I don’t have scars of my own.”
“Name one,” I scoffed. “Give me one instance where you haven’t—”
“Meghan Chase!” Puck roared, startling me into silence. I blinked, and he sneered at me. “Yeah, your highness. I know what loss is. I’ve loved that
girl since before she knew me. But I waited. I waited because I didn’t want to lie about who I was. I wanted her to know the truth before anything else.
So I waited, and I did my job. For years, I protected her, biding my time, until the day she went into the Nevernever after her brother. And then you
came along. And I saw how she looked at you. And for the first time, I wanted to kill you as much as you wanted to kill me.”
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![Kiera Cass](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1318605410i/2987125._UX200_CR0,8,200,200_.jpg)
“When you know who matters most to you, giving things up, even yourself, doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice.”
― The Heir
― The Heir
![Khaled Hosseini](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1359753468i/569._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
![James Baldwin](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1343346341i/10427._UX200_CR0,47,200,200_.jpg)
“Many have given up. They stay home and watch the TV screen, living on the earnings of their parents, cousins, bothers, or uncles, and only leave the house to go to the movies or to the nearest bar. "How're you making it?" on may ask, running into them along the block, or in the bar. "Oh, I'm TV-ing it"; with the saddest, sweetest, most shamefaced of smiles, and from a great distance. This distance one is compelled to respect; anyone who has traveled so far will not easily be dragged again into the world. There are further retreats, of course, than the TV screen or the bar. There are those who are simply sitting on their stoops, "stoned," animated for a moment only, and hideously, by the approach of someone who may lend them the money for a "fix." Or by the approach of someone from whom they can purchase it, one of the shrewd ones, on the way to prison or just coming out.”
― Nobody Knows My Name
― Nobody Knows My Name
![Anne McCaffrey](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1666324369i/26._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.”
― Acorna: The Unicorn Girl
― Acorna: The Unicorn Girl
![Thomas Ligotti](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651866983i/128466._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg)
“No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal.”
― Teatro Grottesco
― Teatro Grottesco
![Shannon L. Alder](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1647739446i/1391130._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Two people with mental issues in a relationship does not work. It's like sitting in a boat and neither one has an oar to row the other to shore. You can meet your mirror image in life, but that doesn't mean you should marry him.”
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“I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there”
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![Kohta Hirano](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1296087508i/17272._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.”
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![B.A. Paris](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1497031605i/14425604._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“I cry even harder, thinking of how it could have been, of how I thought it would be. For the first time, I want to give up, to die, because suddenly everything is too much and there is no solution in sight.”
― Behind Closed Doors
― Behind Closed Doors
![Hajime Isayama](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1452370635i/5365396._UY200_CR3,0,200,200_.jpg)
“What's so good about giving up? Is it better to escape from reality, to the point where you're throwing away your hope?”
― Attack on Titan #1
― Attack on Titan #1
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