Broken Heart Quotes

In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. ~ Stendhal

Let go of what you can no longer keep. Protect what's still worth keeping. Believe in love most of all. ~ Jocelyn Soriano

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform.
Christina Baldwin, author of Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with author's permission ~ Judith-Victoria Douglas

The human heart is the only thing in this world that weighs more when it is broken ~ Michael Xavier

I'm sorry,' I whispered. I didn't know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too. ~ Chelsey Philpot

I knew this for a fact. Little by little, the ache to see him, to hear him would disappear. Little by little I'd forget how his arms felt, how his fingers felt, how his lips felt..the sound of his voice, the intensity of his gaze, all of it. Trace by trace it would slip from my mind, recede into foggy memory. The painful haze that dulled my present would melt into the past. Maybe not all the way, maybe there would be a few scars. Maybe I'd be different, but I'd be me again. Little by little. ~ Jennifer DeLucy

You reflect your age differently. You reflect its broken heart. ~ Anne Rice

Mending a broken heart isn't easy. It's messy and complicated, but when it's finished, it's stronger than ever. ~ Megan Duke

Never underestimate the grace of bouncing back from a fallen heart. ~ Angelica Hopes

I have lived my life growing up with emptiness in hope that I would someday find you. That emptiness is now a broken Heart ~ Duane Henderson

Intellect and love are made of two different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles and risks everything. Intellect is always cautious and advises, "Beware too much ecstasy," whereas Love says, "Oh never mind. Take the plunge!" Intellect does not easily break down, whereas love can effortlessly reduce itself to rubble. But treasures are hidden amongst ruins. A broken heart hides treasure. (5) ~ Various

A broken heart is merely an empty manger. Invite the Virgin and the carpenter to pray beside you. Invite the Savior to dwell there. ~ Mark Hart

My feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping
but
I shall go on living. ~ Pablo Neruda

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

We were a perfect match. Maybe that's why we burnt out. ~ Anonymous

I wish i were a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to fix than broken heart. ~ Julia L. Roberts

You should be thankful for the hurt
That cracks your heart;
Because somehow it opens your eyes and awakens your mind… ~ Samiha Totanji

Sometimes we grieve the living more than the dead. ~ Lawren Leo

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gods forbid if she ever broke up with him. She'd never be able to visit the sea again without remembering her broken heart.
Annabeth about Percy ~ Rick Riordan

Every saved soul was a pebble into the stream that was my broken heart. I threw every pebble in and hoped the water would dam, hoped the hurt would fade, hoped the memories would fade. But the stream never dried, the hurt never ceased, and my pain never healed. ~ Alessandra Torre

I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable. ~ Lykke Li

A beating heart was skewered on its tip. It was broken, cut almost clean in half by a blackened fissure that was filled with dust and ash. ~ Marissa Meyer

There is a novella inside every anus; there is a broken heart inside every mind; there is a bisected hug inside every arm; there is a pun inside every belly. "The Great American Novel," thinks the typographer, who at this point is severely constipated. He tries to squeeze out an 'o' but can't. "The Great American Navel," he says, then waits for a laugh. ~ Jimmy Chen

Opportunities are everywhere. Needed are eyes to see the pitiable plight and ears to hear the silent pleadings of a broken heart. ~ Thomas S. Monson

If it's a broken part, replace it. If it's a broken arm then brace it. If it's a broken heart, then face it. ~ Jason Mraz

You complain of 'the hole in your heart' but it isn't a hole in your heart at all. When I left you I took a piece of your heart with me. I filled up the hole with a piece of mine so that we would never ever be separated. ~ Kate McGahan

I trust God to carry me no matter the outcome. I trust that he has led us here and that he will either fulfill my hopes or repair my broken heart. ~ Kelsey

I think that there's a difference between getting your heart broken and getting let down. ~ Taylor Swift

You thought I was that type: that you could forget me, and that I'd plead and weep and throw myself under the hooves of a bay mare, or that I'd ask the sorcerers for some magic potion made from roots and send you a terrible gift: my precious perfumed handkerchief. Damn you! I will not grant your cursed soul vicarious tears or a single glance. And I swear to you by the garden of the angels, I swear by the miracle-working ikon, and by the fire and smoke of our nights: I will never come back to you. ~ Anna Akhmatova

She is tired of the promises that seem empty. Of believing magic may fix her broken heart. ~ Courtney Peppernell

He is hearing the uncertain passage of a broken heart, bruising itself again and again on the unjust stones.
Such a heart might stumble to either bank of the stream to escape the rush of time. To the side of light, or to the infinity of dark. To virtue, or to evil. Right here, in the river of his life, curves a pool of experience where the heart baptises itself. Either it rises, dark and closed and formidable, or it thrusts forward like an opening hibiscus, its five extravagant petals still dripping tinctures of blood. ~ Kaimana Wolff

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery. ~ Allen Klein

Something inside her recognized the potential for more with him. Either they fell in love and she became tethered to him, or a broken heart was in her future. Better to stop anything from developing at all. Before love became too messy, too addicting, too complicated to escape. ~ Beth Caudill

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart. ~ Chuck Palahniuk

I don't think the pain of a broken heart is one I will survive," I said, lying across the upstairs landing so that everybody would notice my plight. ~ Matthew Crow

It isn't very pretty to have been made a fool of by one's own feelings,' he said. 'To take childish promises and build a--a castle out of them... ~ Winston Graham

Maybe there's a god above but the only thing I learned from love was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you. ~ Leonard Cohen

A broken heart heals when we allow the healing to go as deep as the wound went ~ Beth Moore

He doesn't move a muscle except for his eyes that follow her path as though somehow he can see her contrails. His whole existence revolves around a girl who left his orbit, and he was the one who spun her off her axis. ~ Kat Kruger

Anytime a broken heart is suffered, and there is a crushing pain inside the chest, this is a physical manifestation of the emotional experience as embodied by the anahata (heart) chakra. ~ Alanna Kaivalya

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then
that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield. ~ Ally Carter

It is strange how often a heart must be broken
Before the years can make it wise. ~ Sara Teasdale

Someone may have a broken heart or someone may have a broken ego. Such people will have to suffer tremendously because of that. ~ Dada Bhagwan

He's not on a bender, he's got a broken heart. You and I both know how much it took for him to get one. ~ Nicole R. Taylor

Take your broken heart, make it into art. ~ Carrie Fisher

Always fight for love-walk barefoot across the jagged shards of a broken heart but never become its victim. ~ Michael Faudet

We all learn to bury a broken heart beneath layers of dignity ~ Mary Balogh

The difference is,
Now I cant call you anymore…
I cant hear your calming voice,
I cant hear your words
That made me always feel better,
Now I am just all alone
In this dark and cold room ~ JJM

Sometimes it takes a broken heart for us to finally let Jesus in. Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways. - Proverbs 20:30 GNT ~ Kyle Idleman

But I broke your heart," she whispers. I shrug and kiss her again. "You break it, you buy it. ~ Autumn Doughton

I now knew there was no such thing as a broken heart. It will go on beating to taunt you and mock you and tell you that even in grief it is indestructible and full of love. ~ Clara Kramer

Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done. ~ Jane Austen

If I had coal and fire
And metal fine and true
I'd make an iron band
An iron band for you
I'd pick up all the pieces
From where they fell that day
Fit them back together
And take the pain away
But I don't have the iron
And I don't have the steel
To wrap around your broken heart
And teach it how to heal
Somewhere in the fire
Somewhere in the pain
I'd find the magic that I need
To make you whole again
I'd make the iron band so strong
I'd make it gleam so bright
I'd fix the things I've broken
I'd turn my wrongs to right
But I don't have the steel
To wrap around your broken heart
Wish I could make it heal
Wish I could make it heal
(Ch. 27) ~ Jennifer Donnelly

Relationship are like glasses, once it's broken it never be like before, as broken glass remain with the broken piece stains ever ... ~ Debolina Bhawal

We're all broken," she says. "You have to stop treating yourself like a special case. You may be broken in different places, but it's damage all the same. ~ Brian McBride

Sometimes we may find that our partner continues to seek satisfaction in ways that we cannot live with. Nevertheless, when we decide to go our own way, we still have a choice as to how we separate. We can separate with bad feelings, blaming the other's faults and unacceptable behaviour, or we can separate with forgiveness, love and understanding. ~ Peter Russell

Lies destroy. But, you don't have to stay broken forever. ~ Marjory Sheba

Too much brokenness makes things unbreakable ~ Munia Khan

When you are deeply in love,. even the smallest thing can hurt u like hell and break u into pieces ... ~ BHARAT SHARMA

Provoking separatist hatreds is an aggressive weed. We all have dirty hands and a broken heart. Put down your flag before you put down your weapons. If you must raise a flag, be sure it says, "We is better than you or I." We will not persecute, nor tolerate persecution. We will not dominate, nor tolerate subjugation. ~ Mikhayla Gracey

You may have a broken heart, but you may find someone else. ~ Douglas Booth

I fervently believe that people shouldn't stay in bad relationships just because of some artificial rom-com notion of true love being "forever." In fact, I think that the pressure of conforming to that framework ruins-literally RUINS-a lot of people's lives. ~ Lindy West

The safety-valves of the heart, when too much pressure is laid on. ~ Albert Richard Smith

Ah! Happy they whose hearts can break
And peace of pardon win!
How else may man make straight his path
And cleanse his soul from sin?
How else but through a broken heart
May the Lord Christ enter in? ~ Oscar Wilde

Would you love a man of a broken shell after the passing of a women's soul? ~ Brian Perkins

I know they say that first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest ~ Drake

Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Todd, I can only love you because of my heart. It's my broken heart that lets me love you. It's my broken heart that makes me want to live the best life I can. I only want to live that life with you, only you. If you're willing to teach me I'm ready and willing to learn. ~ Sheila Bliss

When the heart hurts, tears find their way. ~ Debasish Mridha

You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals. ~ Roger McGough

I miss you Annabeth. I know it's wrong, but I can't stop thinkin' about you. I think about you all the damn time. ~ Ashleigh Z.

Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards.
Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing?
Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue.
Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love.
Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist I'll never die of a broken heart. ~ Alice Hoffman

Most people think that they want spacious homes, but they don't realize how the emptiness of a large room just amplifies the emptiness in a broken heart. And we're all broken, in one way or another. ~ Cassia Leo

"The horror of that moment," the King went on, "I shall never, never forget!" "You will, though," the Queen said, "if you don't make a memorandum of it." ~ Lewis Carroll

How did Val know? How did she always know the way to Veronyka's heart - and why did she always do damage when she got there? ~ Nicki Pau Preto

I understand that if you have never suffered a broken heart, then you have never really known what it is to truly be alive. And I understand that at that precise moment, when your heart breaks open, that all you want to do is lay down and die! Because you know that is the only way the pain is ever going to stop. ~ Patti Roberts

You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same. ~ Fannie Flagg

Do not break your heart for those who left you, use the pain to earn success that defines you. ~ Iamsophie

I asked myself only when he needed my help, "How will the broken heal the wounded? ~ Sanhita Baruah

Smile. Smile until all that's left are the pieces of your broken heart that are slowly fixing itself. ~ Ammiel Josiah Osia Monterde

Tears are only for those who care to see you sad; a badly broken heart never cries. ~ M.F. Moonzajer

And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one. ~ Emily Giffin

I used to think that loving somebody meant sacrificing anything for them. I thought it meant writing them a blank cheque. I thought it meant that you would die without each other. But it turns out that death and a broken heart are not he same.
These days, I think that love is not so dramatic as all that. Maybe loving somebody means simply they bring out the best in you, and you bring out the best in them - so that together, you are always the best possible versions of yourselves. ~ Leila Sales

People might be angry, stressed, or grieving over a broken heart - and in the latter case, they might think they're depressed and in need of medicines and drugs - but they're not. They're just suffering from a broken heart, and there have been broken hearts ever since the world began, ever since man discovered that mysterious thing called Love. ~ Paulo Coelho

Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists. ~ Gail Carriger

Love can't cure a broken heart, but it can hold the two sides together while they heal. ~ Karen Hawkins

Mat - Red and Jayne's Matt, Frankie's Matt, my Matt - died of a broken heart. ~ Sarah Ockler

You can sit around and have a broken heart any old time. Rock stardom happens only once in a lifetime. ~ Jen Sincero

She turned to me, head titled, her expression pure confusion. As though I had no reason to be afraid of a broken heart. She had no idea how dangerous a broken heart could be. You do, though. You know. ~ Holly Black

I hope I never love someone so much that they could hurt me the way Langston was hurt. ~ Rachel Cohn

At first Lissar merely ran away; away from the yellow city, away from the prince whom she loved with both halves of her broken heart. ~ Robin McKinley

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me. ~ Michael C. Hall

I was crazy in love with you in high school, and you broke my heart the day you hooked up with someone else our sophomore year. Then you broke it again when you promised me you'd dump him the night we kissed and go out with me instead, because the next morning, you forgot all about me. ~ Linda Kage

When the heart has been wounded, it forms scar tissue that acts as an armor around it, which in turn gives it courage to love again. ~ Jason Micheal Ratliff

I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in [Cinderella]. She is happy to be a villainess and very pleased to be encouraged as I did with her to reveal this backstory and feel as though this was very human, that this broken heart of hers, if you might regard it that way, would be visible, but she never played for sympathy and I really admired that about her, so she's just there, she just is and uncompromisingly. ~ Kenneth Branagh

A broken heart doesn't care if you run from it or not. Either way you take it with you. ~ Anthony Flacco

The memories we have for those who left are our ultimate consolation. ~ Anoir Ou-Chad

Life will break every one of your contracts & still look at you with that innocent glimmer in her eye & ask you to marry her. ~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

End of the Summer
It was end of the summer
And my heart was broken
but i was smiling, laughing, making jokes
Like there was nothing bleeding inside
As always. ~ Arzum Uzun