Closure Quotes · Page 3

“It's ok to forgive people silently and then just never speak to them again. They know what they did.”

— Mr. Joshua Shaw

Closure is a neurotic and infantile demand to make upon reality, other people, or language.

— Terence McKenna

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give…

— Mitch Albom

Ghosting's a horrible thing, isn't it? It doesn't feel good, it feels like a rejection. And what's more, it feels like a…

— Matthew Hussey

“I was tired of waiting. Of making. Of doing. I wanted some closure, an ending, a feeling I had gotten somewhere.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

Sometimes we have to create our own closure. Sometimes we have to decide when enough is enough & walk away.

— Anonymous

“He felt no relief. He felt no closure. He knew then he would have to leave Poughkeepsie. He’d go very far away…

— Debra Anastasia

“You'd think solving mysteries would bring you closure, that closing the loop would comfort and quiet your mind. But it never does.…

— John Green

“When religious people take the stance that they don’t owe anyone that is hurting closure or answers then God is not winning.…

— Shannon L. Alder

I'm not interested in leaving it open-ended. That would just cause me frustration. I wouldn't be satisfied. What's really cool about Fringe,…

— J.H. Wyman

“Closure. That's probably the most unrealistic word in the English vocabulary. It's up there with heartbreak, pain, loss, and abandonment, all these…

— Katie Kacvinsky

Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So…

— Mary Roach

“I once found a phoenix charred in its own ashes. I brought it home with me, wept through the night, and then…

— J. Andrew Schrecker

The biggest regret I have about 'Rubicon' is that we didn't end it. Sometimes you do these shows and you don't have…

— James Badge Dale

“Closure is an illusion, the winking of the eye of a storm. Nothing is completely resolved in life, nothing is perfect. The…

— Patti Smith

Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and…

— Khaled Hosseini

I was devastated. I'm still devastated to this day. When talent like that disappears in a flash, you can't believe it. You…

— Helen Merrill

“I couldn't help but suspect something he'd seen or encountered had changed his view of what had happened between them. It had…

— Marisha Pessl

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution. Two years ago, Pfiesteria outbreaks connected with wastes from industrial chicken…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Oil is a tangible commodity, so there is a global market. The fact that we may need less may affect the global…

— Thomas Friedman

...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just…

— Jonathan Tropper

There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era,…

— Elizabeth Lesser

I see that very clearly in my own state of Maine, where there are people who have been affected by mill closures,…

— Susan Collins

“There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a…

— Ellen Goodman

“She wouldn't look back, didn't want closure. She'd imagine for the rest of her years that somehow a part of her just…

— Kathy Dunnehoff

“Sometimes you don’t get to close one door before another opens. We’re not all given that luxury, for closure.”

— Abby Slovin

Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state…

— Walter J. Ong

I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.

— Larry David

There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.

— Paul Pearsall

While vast sums of money are being siphoned off into hidden [military] coffers, Americas schools, hospitals and public services are facing cutbacks…

— Henry Waxman

Right now we have a closure rate between discovery and exploitation of four to six months. We need to be more in…

— John W. Thompson

If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see…

— Gus Van Sant

The closure of the book is an illusion largely created by its materiality, its cover. Once the book is considered on the…

— Susan Stewart

I truly believe that closure doesn't need to come from the other person. You can always get closure from yourself.

— Nick Viall

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story.…

— Gene Wolfe

Forgiving them doesn't mean that you agree with what they've done. It means that you're letting go of the past and moving…

— Sonya Parker

I don't think some perfect concept of closure ever really exists; it's not really a thing.

— Ariana Madix

I use to think I needed closure but sumtimes closure is just realizing that person aint shit and moving on...

— Danielle Hall

“Closure is simply a pseudo-clinical term invented by an overcooked counselor who didn’t have a clue what else to say to his…

— Jay J. Falconer

You can't take back what you've said or done, but if you want closure you need to own up to it, apologize…

— Sonya Parker