Heartbreak quotes are quotes that express the pain and sadness one experiences when their heart has been broken.
These quotes often speak to the universal human experience of loss, grief, and heartache that can accompany the end of a romantic relationship or any other significant loss.
Heartbreak quotes can offer comfort and solace to those who are experiencing the pain of heartbreak, as they remind us that we are not alone in our suffering and that others have been through similar experiences.
Additionally, heartbreak quotes can be a way for individuals to express their emotions and feelings about their heartbreak, even when they may not have the words to articulate them on their own.
Sad Heartbreak Quotes
“I thought you were healing me, but no, you just broke me even more.” – Unknown
“A broken heart is an open heart.” – Unknown
“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.” – Jennifer Aniston
“Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.” – Unknown
“Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes.” – Unknown
“When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead keep your head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.” – Unknown
“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
“It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.” – Unknown
“I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.” – Julia Roberts
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable.” – Dante Alighieri
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary.” – Oscar Wilde
“I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had.” – Unknown
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale
“The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
“I wish I had the guts to walk away and forget what we had, but I can’t because I know you won’t come after me and that’s what hurts the most.” – Unknown
“It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on.” – Unknown
“It’s hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone when your heart still does.” – Unknown
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
“The moment you realize that you were always the right person, it’s the wrong time.” – Unknown
“Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow.” – L. Ron Hubbard
“Sometimes the people we’re meant to be with, are the ones we’re not supposed to have right now.” – Unknown
“It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” – Ella Harper
“Love is never wrong.” – Melissa Etheridge
“A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.” – J.S.B. Morse
“If you have to convince someone to stay with you then they have already left.” – Shannon L. Alder
“The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
“Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren’t accompanied by regret.” – Laura Kasischke
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
“The only way to fix a broken heart is to give it time and let it heal itself.” – Unknown
“Heartbreak is the heavy price we pay for love.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Lamartine
“Love is like a puzzle. When you’re in love, all the pieces fit but when your heart gets broken, it takes a while to get everything back together.” – Unknown
“Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.” – Stephen King
“I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.” – Charlotte Eriksson
“I am strong, but I am tired, and I am in pain, but I am trying.” – Unknown
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley
“It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving