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Broken heart17 quotes
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all. — Alfred Tennyson · 1850Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday. — The Beatles · 1965Love is so short, forgetting is so long. — Pablo Neruda · 1924If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. — W.H. Auden · 1936All 17 quotes →Lost love5 quotes
Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all. — Alfred Tennyson · 1850Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday. — The Beatles · 1965Love is so short, forgetting is so long. — Pablo Neruda · 1924He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. — W.H. Auden · 1936It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCLove5 quotes
Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all. — Alfred Tennyson · 1850Love is so short, forgetting is so long. — Pablo Neruda · 1924He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. — W.H. Auden · 1936By heaven, I do love, and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be melancholy. — William Shakespeare · 1597It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCGetting over someone3 quotes
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. — Pablo Neruda · 1924Sometimes it still hurts. You know how it is, man. It's like, you wake up every day and it hurts a little bit less, and then you wake up one day and it doesn't hurt at all. And the funny thing is, is that, this is kinda weird, but it's like, it's like you almost miss that pain. — Rob · 1996I’m messed up. I am. You know, on the one hand, I want to forget her. On the other hand, I know that she’s the only person in the entire universe that will make me happy. — Tom · 2009Broken relationships1 quote
I’m messed up. I am. You know, on the one hand, I want to forget her. On the other hand, I know that she’s the only person in the entire universe that will make me happy. — Tom · 2009Healing1 quote
Sometimes it still hurts. You know how it is, man. It's like, you wake up every day and it hurts a little bit less, and then you wake up one day and it doesn't hurt at all. And the funny thing is, is that, this is kinda weird, but it's like, it's like you almost miss that pain. — Rob · 1996Learning from suffering1 quote
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching… I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. — Charles Dickens · 1861Loneliness1 quote
Only the lonely (know the way I feel). — Roy Orbison · 1960Melancholy1 quote
By heaven, I do love, and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be melancholy. — William Shakespeare · 1597Men and women1 quote
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Missing someone1 quote
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers. — Eponine · 2012Moving forward1 quote
If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Power of literature1 quote
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive. — James Baldwin · 1963Sleep1 quote
If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Sleep as balm1 quote
If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Suffering1 quote
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching… I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. — Charles Dickens · 1861The human condition1 quote
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive. — James Baldwin · 1963Toughness1 quote
As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. — The Wizard of Oz · 1939Vulnerability1 quote
As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. — The Wizard of Oz · 1939Women1 quote
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697