Broken heart one word

One Word

Wake up love, wake up babe
I wanna tell you, let me say
Dreaming never looked so true
One word ain’t enough
Heaven’s finding eyes in you
How can I say love?
Many smilers lie to each other, oh Children hide with pretty words, oh So many times we seem to find
Children play too rough
Never too late for what we are made for
How can I say love?
All this feeling here inside
One word ain’t enough
The way to say it seems to hide
How can I say love?
How do we wind up?
Why do we wind up so alone?
How many roads do we gotta travel on Till we find out we’re already home?
Already home
All this feeling here inside
One word ain’t enough
The way to say it seems to hide
How can I say love?

1. [hɑ:t]

1. сердце

to press /to clasp/ smb. to one’s heart — прижать кого-л. к груди

he has heart trouble, he has a weak heart — у него слабое /больное/ сердце

2. душа, сердце

affectionate [kind, tender, noble, stony] heart — любящее [доброе, нежное, благородное, каменное] сердце

heart of oak — смелый /отважный/ человек [ тж. 5, 2) ]

a heart of flint /stone/ — каменное сердце

big heart — а) великодушный, благородный человек; б) великодушие, благородство

a stout heart — смелый, отважный человек

with a heavy [light] heart — с тяжёлым [лёгким] сердцем

at heart, in one’s heart (of hearts) — в глубине души

from the bottom of one’s heart, from the heart — из глубины души, от всего сердца

with all one’s heart — от всей души; искренне, сердечно

in the fullness of one’s heart — от полноты сердца, от избытка чувств

near /close to/ one’s heart — близкий чьему-л. сердцу

after one’s own heart — по душе, по сердцу

to speak to the heart — доходить до самого сердца, трогать до глубины души

to open /to pour out/ one’s heart to smb. — открыть кому-л. свою душу, излить кому-л. свои чувства

to move /to stir, to touch/ smb.’s heart — тронуть чьё-л. сердце, растрогать кого-л.

to cut smb. to the heart — поразить /тронуть/ кого-л. до глубины души

to lie (heavy) at smb.’s heart — камнем лежать у кого-л. на сердце

have a heart! — сжальтесь!, помилосердствуйте!

this man has no heart — это безжалостный /жестокий/ человек; у этого человека нет сердца

his heart was heavy /full/ — у него было тяжело на душе

3. чувства, любовь, привязанность

to lose /to give/ one’s heart to smb. — отдать своё сердце кому-л., полюбить кого-л. [ тж. 4]

to obtain /to gain, to win/ smb.’s heart — завоевать /покорить/ чьё-л. сердце

to steal smb.’s heart — похитить чьё-л. сердце

dear /sweet/ heart — душа моя, любовь моя, сердце моё, милый, милая ()

4. мужество, смелость, отвага

to take heart (of grace), to pluck up (one’s) heart — собраться с духом, набраться храбрости

to take heart from smth. — черпать мужество в чём-л.

we should take heart from this example — этот пример должен вдохновить нас

to keep a good heart — не падать духом, не унывать

to lose heart — падать духом, отчаиваться [ тж. 3]

to give heart to smb. — подбодрить кого-л., поддержать кого-л. [ тж. 3]

to have the heart to do [to say] smth. — решиться сделать [сказать] что-л.

no one had the heart to tell him about it — ни у кого не хватило духу сказать ему об этом

to put smb. in good heart, to put new /fresh/ heart into smb. — придать кому-л. сил /храбрости/; поднять чей-л. дух

5. 1) центральная часть, середина

in the heart of summer — в середине /разгаре/ лета

2) сердцевина, ядро

heart of oak — сердцевина дуба [ тж. 2 ]

6. суть, сущность

at the heart of smth. — в основе чего-л.

hearts is /are/ trump — червы — козыри

next one’s /the/ heart — на пустой желудок, натощак

(with) heart and soul — а) всей душой; б) ревностно

heart and hand — а) охотно; с готовностью; б) с жаром

to be heart and hand for smth. — всей душой поддерживать что-л.

in (good, strong) heart — а) в хорошем настроении; б) плодородный

out to heart — а) в унынии, в плохом настроении; б) неплодородный

by heart — наизусть; на память

to get /to learn/ by heart — выучить наизусть

to one’s heart’s content — вволю, вдоволь, всласть, сколько душе угодно

a change of heart — смена настроения; изменение отношения ()

he had a change of heart — у него переменилось настроение; ≅ он сменил гнев на милость

to be the heart and soul of smth. — быть душой чего-л. ()

to break smb.’s heart — а) разбить чьё-л. сердце; б) сильно огорчить, расстроить кого-л.

to cross one’s heart — клясться, божиться

cross my heart and hope to die — ей-богу!, провалиться мне на этом месте!

to search one’s heart — заглянуть себе в душу, пытаться разобраться в своих чувствах

to devour one’s heart, to eat one’s heart out — изводить себя; терзаться, страдать молча

dear heart!, (God, Lord) bless my heart! — боже мой!, вот тебе на!, вот так так!

to cry one’s heart out — выплакать все глаза; горько рыдать

to set one’s heart against smth., to have one’s heart set against smth. — быть решительно против чего-л.

she had set her heart against selling the picture — она решила ни за что не продавать картину

to set one’s heart on smth., to have one’s heart set on smth. — стремиться к чему-л., страстно желать чего-л.

to set one’s heart at rest — успокоиться, перестать волноваться

to have one’s heart in smth. — с энтузиазмом относиться к чему-л.

I didn’t have my heart in this work, my heart wasn’t in this work — у меня душа не лежала к этой работе

to have one’s heart in the right place — иметь хорошие /добрые/ намерения

to bring smb.’s heart into his mouth — перепугать кого-л. до смерти

to wear one’s heart upon /on/ one’s sleeve — не (уметь) скрывать своих чувств, не отличаться сдержанностью

to make smb.’s heart leap — заставить чьё-л. сердце затрепетать

his heart failed him, his heart sank, his heart was in his boots — он струсил; ≅ у него душа в пятки ушла

my [his] heart smote me [him] — я [он] испытывал угрызения совести

to do smb.’s heart good — обрадовать /подбодрить/ кого-л.

to be sick at heart — а) чувствовать тошноту; б) тосковать, томиться

to lay smth. to heart — серьёзно отнестись, прислушаться (); серьёзно обдумать и учесть

to take smth. to heart — а) = to lay smth. to heart; б) принимать что-л. близко к сердцу, тяжело переживать что-л.

to have smth. at heart — заботиться /печься/ о чём-л., интересоваться чем-л.

to have a soft spot in one’s heart for smb. — иметь слабость к кому-л., испытывать влечение к кому-л.

every heart knows its own bitterness — ≅ у каждого свои горести

what the heart thinks the tongue speaks — ≅ что на уме, то и на языке

2. [hɑ:t]

Broken Heart Meaning

Definition: To be hurt by a loved one; to hurt someone who loves you.

People often use this expression when someone ends a romantic relationship. However, they can also use it when anyone they love disappoints them greatly.

The noun phrase a broken heart and the adjective heartbroken are alternative forms of this idiom.

Origin of a Broken Heart

This expression originated around the 1300s. The heart is often believed to be the source of emotions.

Examples of a Broken Heart

In this dialogue, two employees are discussing a recent breakup that one of them experienced.

Deanna: Emily, are you okay? You look upset.

Emily: I am a little bit upset.

Deanna: What happened?

Emily: Rogelio and I broke up last night.

Deanna: Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do to help?

Emily: No. I feel like he broke my heart. I just need some time to recover.

In the second example, two friends are walking home after baseball practice.

Billy: So what happened to your car?

Angie: It’s actually my mom’s car, and she was just letting me borrow it. She decided to take it back.

Billy: Why? Did she need it for something?

Angie: No. She was just mad at me and wanted to punish me. I decided I wanted to become an engineer instead of a doctor, and I changed my major at my college.

Billy: Oh! And that upset her?

Angie: Yeah. She said I broke her heart. She really wanted me to become a doctor, like her.

More Examples

This example is about a woman who died of cancer one day before her wedding.    

• A month after being given three years to live, Swabey joined Tinder, where she met Andy Bell. She told Marie Claire she disclosed she was going to die to Bell up front, knowing that it meant she was doomed to “break his heart.” –USA Today

This excerpt is from a review of a movie that came out years ago. Some girls want to make a boy at their school fall in love and then make him very sad.

• Though the title suggests the JTMD is a horror film; it’s not. It’s a movie about four scorned girls from disparate cliques obsessing over one guy with well-manicured eyebrows (Jesse Metcalfe’s John Tucker), and planning to destroy his reputation and break his heart. –USA Today

Summary

To break someone’s heart describes romantic loss, or great emotional pain. A broken heart is the result of this romantic loss.

Contents

• 1 Broken Heart Meaning
• 2 Origin of a Broken Heart
• 3 Examples of a Broken Heart
• 4 More Examples
• 5 Summary

break (one’s) heart

1. To betray, destroy, or abandon one’s love, as by ending a romantic relationship. I know Adam broke your heart, but there are lots of guys out there who would treat you well. To think that she would cheat on Tom after 20 years of marriage. I can never forgive her for breaking his heart like that.

2. To cause one a feeling of intense sadness, regret, or pity. It really breaks my heart having to fire such talented employees, but there’s no way the company will survive if I don’t. That poor, skittish cat just breaks my heart—I can’t believe someone abandoned her!

broken heart

What one is said to have when they are very sad, typically due to a tragic event or the end of a romantic relationship. When my girlfriend dumped me, I thought I would die from a broken heart. Well, my son is dead, and I feel like my broken heart will never heal—that’s how I’m doing. Ah, you recently ended a relationship too. So there are two broken hearts here today, huh?

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

See also:

• break (one’s) heart
• break heart
• break somebody’s heart
• break someone’s heart
• break someone’s heart, to
• break your heart
• sell out (one’s) country
• sell the pass
• (one) would sell (one’s) (own) mother

When you’re nursing a broken heart, these sad love quotes and sayings can help you heal. When you need an inspirational pick-me-up after a sad heartbreak, keep these broken heart quotes close as a reminder that everything is going to be alright. More ideas about broken heart quotes, breakup quotes, quotes about romance, quotes about lost love, sad quotes, inspirational quotes, divorce quotes, and words of wisdom. Broken Heart Quotes And Heartbroken Sayings “I never knew I could feel so much pain, and yet be so in love with the person causing it.”

Broken Hearts I know you’ve lost someone and it hurts. “It hurts goodbye to a person you love knowing that life won’t be the same without him. But it’s better to give up rather than to fight knowing that you’re the only one fighting.”

heartbroken quotes straight from the heart (with images) “Each night I put my head to my pillow I try to tell myself I’m strong because I’ve gone one more day without you.”

Broken Heart Quotes

Quotes about broken hearts – wise words about heartbreak so here’s the thing with broken hearts. No matter how you try, the pieces never fit the way they did before. Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be your option. Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.

1. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

2. “The hardest things to let go of are the things you never really had.”

3. “necrophilia (n.) love of darkness or night. Finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness.”

4. “The hardest part is waking up in the morning, remembering what you were trying to forget last night.”

5. “I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it—I will love you through that, as well. If you don’t need the medication, I will love you, too. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death, I will still protect you. I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”

6. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

7. “It hurts to know that you will never look at me the way I look at you”

8. “You aren’t a machine with broken parts. You are an animal whose needs are not being met.”

9. “It’s hard to wait around for something you know might never happen, but it’s harder to give up when you know it’s everything you want.”

10. “Here’s to the girls who have had their heart broken by a guy, that they never even dated…”

Breakup Quotes

11. “To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything…”

12. “I find that I spill my heart out to anyone who gives me the slightest bit of attention silly me thinking they care”

13. “When trust is broken, sorry means nothing.”

14. “Bohat anmol log hoty hain who, jo apke kehne par bhi apko chor kar nagi jaate.”

15. “I feel like I don’t have the right to be depressed when so many people have it worse.”

16. “I thought I was getting better I honestly did. But now I’m laying in bed at 4:37 in the morning trying to figure out what the frick is wrong with mean why I’m never enough.”

17. “The girl who seemed unbreakable broke the girl who seemed so strong, crumbled the girl who always laughed it off, cried and the girl who would never stop trying finally gave up”

18. “Mommy, the daddy, can’t you see, how much your words are hurting me? I think of every word you said, at nights when I can’t seem to sleep in my bed. Sister, the brother, don’t you hear, I’m in my room, holding back every tear. I don’t want you to know I’m broken, so I’ll keep smiling and leave off the pain unspoken. Friends, lovers, don’t you know, there are so many things I chose not to show. I scream I cry, I cut, I do. But most of all I wanna die. People, society, where is the girl I used to be? You made me drive insane in my head. Congratulations to every one of you. I am dead.”

19. “Be thankful for the difficult people in your life, for they”

20. “Have you been there? “People change, you changed. Sometimes I wonder if I changed. We used to talk for hours; We talked on the phone all night long. You were so easy to talk to and I told you everything. And then one day, everything changed and now I’m lucky to talk to you for a few minutes a day. I remember the jokes, laughs, smiles everything we did, and everything we had. And I doubt you remember any of that.”

Quotes About Lost Love

21. “Depression isn’t always crying your mascara off in the shower and playing sad songs in bed. Sometimes it’s not wanting to talk to anyone for days and other times it’s desperately needing to be around people. Sometimes depression is having no appetite even though you haven’t eaten anything since yesterday and sometimes it’s eating everything you have in the fridge. Depression isn’t your boyfriend holding you and telling you that it’s going to be okay. It’s sitting across the table, not eating, having him ask you what’s wrong, and knowing that you’re ruining his night because you can’t seem to snap out of it and just be happy. It’s the frustrating feeling of desperately wanting to enjoy something and just fucking be normal for once. It’s keeping things a secret from the people you love because you don’t want them to look at you like you’re broken. No, depression isn’t beautiful black-and-white images. Depression is lonely and frustrating and mostly just fucking exhausting.”—midnight thoughts (Depression isn’t trendy)”

22. “My mama taught me the most important lesson of all: “Sometimes you don’t know why things happen until later.” She still gets me through the dark days even to this day, because of that one day we sat in the grass, with my heart broken to smithereens, and she told me that one simple phrase that changed my life.”

23. “You walk around trying to fix everything, but you’re the one who’s broken.”

24. “Cheer up, sweet, beautiful girl. You are going to be in love again and it will be magnificent.”

25. “Ask people about love and they will tell you about heartbreak”

26. “Sometimes I’m sad and tired and miserable for no reason at all.”

27. “Sad story a girl wanted a ring. But the boy gave me a teddy bear instead. In anger, the girl threw the bear on the road. The boy wants to take it back but he was hit by a coming car and died. At his funeral, the girl hugged the bear and the machine in it spoke: “Will you marry me?” guess what she found, a ring inside it.”

28. “All relationships have one law. Never make the one you love feel alone, especially when you’re there.”

Sad Quotes

29. “I’m not perfect. I’ll annoy you, piss you off, say stupid things, then take it all back. but put that all aside, and you’ll never find a person who cares or loves you more than me.”

30. “I like you & I know it’s kind of pointless because you could do a lot better than me (I don’t mean this in a self-pity kind of the way it’s just the truth of the matter) and I know that it won’t go anywhere but I can’t help holding on to the hope that possibly maybe there is a chance you could maybe like me too.”

31. “I kinda feel like crying kinda feel like dying kinds feel like sleeping my life away kinds feel like screaming at the top of my fucking lungs”

32. “Ripped apart, limb by limb, shattering bones, heart caving in. Self-mutilation, scar after scar, empty and hollow worn like tar.”

33. “And in the end, we were all just humans… drunk on the idea that love, only loves, could heal our brokenness.”

34. “My heart can’t love you anymore because you have broken it”

35. “The thing with broken clocks is you can always tell exactly when they stopped ticking with people it isn’t so easy and sometimes you can’t even tell they’re broken”

36. “I just need someone who knows how to hold me back together when it all apart.”

37. “What if I feel this way for the rest of my life?”

38. “Letting him go there is a particular kind of suffering to be experienced when you love something greater than yourself. A tender sacrifice. Like the pained silence felt in the lost song of a mermaid, or the bent and broken feet of a dancing ballerina. It is in every considered step I am taking in the opposite direction of you.”

Inspirational Quotes about Divorce

39. “Behind my smile is a breaking heart, behind my laugh I’m falling apart, behind my eyes are tears at night, behind my body is a soul trying to fight.”

40. “I’m trying so hard to be a better person”

41. “How can such pain exist without physical harm?”

42. “I keep it all inside because I’d rather the pain destroy me, than everyone else.”

43. “In Japan, broken objects are often repaired with gold. The flaw is seen as a unique piece of the object’s history, which adds to its beauty. Consider this when you feel broken.”

44. “I wish I could go back to a time when I could smile and it didn’t take everything in me to do it.”

45. “You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that, my love, is bravery.”

46. “I wanna make this cloud above me disappear I don’t want to hurt anymore”

47. “You are not broken. You are breaking through.”

48. “I am bent but not broken. I am scarred but not disfigured. I am sad but not hopeless. I am tired but not lifeless. I am afraid but not powerless. I am angry but not bitter. I am depressed but not giving up.”

Heartbroken Sayings

49. “So you try to think of someone else you’re mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.”

50. “Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.”

51. “If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking.”

52. “Depression exists without you knowing it, even denying it. It is not an illusion. You don’t even know you’re in it. It takes a while before you realize it.”

53. “No matter how bad things are right now. No matter how stuck you feel. No matter how many days you’ve spent crying and wishing things were different. No matter how hopeless and depressed you feel. I promise you that you won’t feel this way forever. Keep going.”

54. “Today my forest is dark. The trees are sad and all the butterflies have broken wings.”

55. “Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.”

56. “If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.”

57. “And something inside me just. . … broke. . .. That’s the only way I could describe it.”

58. “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden. It is easier to say, “My tooth is aching” than to say, “My heart is broken”.”

Words Of Wisdom Quotes About Romance

59. “I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for a minute.”

60. “The worst type of crying. Is when your lips start to shake and tears build up quickly and fall fast. You’re bent over or crouched trying to suck it in and not make any noise but it hurts too much to hold it in so you let out a yelp and a cry then comes the loss of breath which sucks because not only you’re crying out loud but you think you sound dumb for not breathing too. It’s just a mess.”

61. “A million words would not bring you back, I know because I’ve tried. Neither would a million tears, I know because I’ve cried.”

62. “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

63. “People keep telling me that life goes on, but to me, that’s the saddest part.”

64. “Stop asking if I’m ok. I’m tired of lying.”

65. “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will only cause permanent psychological damage.”

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This collection of broken heart quotes will help everyone in need of comfort, advice, and a shoulder to cry on.

Relationships and attraction are such exciting and vibrant aspects of our lives.

Sadly, love is not just about happy days.

Everyone who has loved has experienced breakups, loss, and separation—all leading to a broken heart.

Though it can be an emotional and sad part of the journey, it’s nevertheless a part of life we cannot skip.

We all go through heartbreaks at some point in our lives, and sometimes, our broken hearts are too much for us to handle.

That’s why we’ve prepared a list of our favorite quotes to help you move on and move forward toward brighter days.

Start reading here.

And don’t forget to check out these true love quotes.

1. “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

2. “A broken heart is the worst. It’s like having broken ribs. Nobody can see it, but it hurts every time you breathe.” – Anonymous

3. “Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before.” – Cassandra Clare

4. “So here’s the thing with broken hearts. No matter how you try, the pieces never fit the way they did before.” – Anonymous

5. “I don’t want to break someone’s heart, but you can’t control that. A broken heart happens; that’s inevitable.” – Lykke Li

6. “The heart will break, but broken live on.” – Lord Byron

7. “The worst feeling in the world is when you can’t love anyone else because your heart still belongs to the one who broke it.” – Anonymous

8. “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” – Tin Man

9. “I’d rather love a million times and have my heart broken every time than hold a permanently empty heart forever.” – H.C. Paye

10. “The broken heart. You think you will die, but you keep living—day after day after terrible day.” – Charles Dickens

Heartbreak Quotes to Help You Move On

11. “You find out what you are made of when you have a broken heart. If it happens early and often, all the better.” – Isabel Gillies

12. “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

13. “Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” – Patti Roberts

14. “Crying is a way your eyes speak when your mouth can’t explain how broken your heart is.” – Anonymous

15. “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.” – Anonymous

16. “Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy

17. “Pain makes you stronger. Tears make you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.” – Marc & Angel

18. “This is a good sign—having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

19. “Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.” – Jon Voight

20. “The best way to heal a broken heart, it turns out, is to find a way to move past the hurt.” – Mary Kay Andrews

Heartbreak Quotes for Those Who Need Comfort

21. “I’ve been heartbroken. I’ve broken hearts. That’s part of life, and it’s part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.” – Heidi Klum

22. “Human hearts are elastic. They have room for all sorts of passions, and they can break and heal and love again and again.” – Jodi Lynn Anderson

23. “Nothing helps a broken heart like having someone wonderful give you theirs.” – Rita Stradling

24. “You may have a broken heart, but you may find someone else.” – Douglas Booth

25. “The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” – Nicholas Sparks

26. “When you go through heartbreak, you just do the things that get you by. Eventually, you realize it’s about making the most of life.” – Britney Spears

27. “I’ve been on the floor and I’ve been heartbroken. I didn’t know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.” – Sandra Bullock

28. “The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.” – Robert James Waller

29. “I think heartbreak is something you learn to live with as opposed to learning to forget.” – Kate Winslet

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Short Heartbreak Quotes 

30. “I’d rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.” – Christie Brinkley

31. “Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.” – Cassandra Clare

32. “Heaven doesn’t ignore cries of a broken heart.” – Toba Beta

33. “The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde

34. “Broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope.” – Anonymous

35. “You don’t die from a broken heart. You only wish you did.” – Anonymous

36. “God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces.” – Anonymous

37. “I gave you my heart, I just didn’t expect to get it back in pieces.” – Anonymous

38. “Love is only made more valuable by the risk of heartbreak.” – Alessandra Torre

39. “A broken heart bleeds tears.” – Steve Maraboli

40. “You didn’t break my heart; you freed it.” – Steve Maraboli

41. “Broken hearts hurt but they will make you strong.” – Anonymous

Broken Heart Quotes That You Can Relate To

42. “I don’t know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.” – Anonymous

43. “I thought you were healing me. But no, you just broke me even more.” – Anonymous

44. “I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.” – Julia Roberts

45. “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.” – Neil Gaiman

46. “Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.” – Gregory Roberts

47. “My mouth says, ‘I’m okay.’ My fingers text, ‘I’m fine.’ My heart says, ‘I’m broken.’” – Anonymous

48. “The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner

Heartbreak Quotes for Everyone in a Relationship

49. “It’s hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.” – Eric Kripke

50. “The scariest thing is that we didn’t even have to be together for you to break my heart.” – Anonymous

51. “I will never regret you or say I wish I’d never met you. Because once upon a time, you were exactly what I needed.” – Anonymous

52. “I cried a lot because of you. I laughed a lot because of you. I believed in love because of you. And now I’m heartbroken because of you.” – Anonymous

53. “Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself by putting it back together.” – Anonymous

54. “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” – Anonymous

Broken Heart Quotes for Him

55. “Breaking a woman’s heart is deeper than men realize. It destroys her outlook on love, breaks her heart, rips her self-esteem to shreds, tortures her mind, and damages her soul. Don’t let her fall for you unless you plan on picking her up.” – Anonymous

56. “The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart.” – Becca Fitzpatrick

57. “This time I wouldn’t forget him, because I couldn’t ever forgive him for breaking my heart twice.” – James Patterson

58. “My heart’s cracking apart all over again because of the way I’ve missed him.” – Jolene Perry

59. “Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.” – Warsan Shire

Broken Heart Quotes for Her

60. “I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.” – Steve Maraboli

61. “The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep.” – Margaret George

62. “A woman who opens her heart to love you, when it’s already broken, is braver than any person you’ll meet.” – Anonymous

63. “You can’t have heartbreak without love. If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you really loved him.” – Leila Sales

64. “Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?” – Leo Tolstoy

65. “Must I go bound while you go free, must I love a man who doesn’t love me, must I be born with so little art, as to love a man who’ll break my heart?” – Cassandra Clare

66. “Has someone made you heartbroken? Then, why are you still thinking of him?” – Debra K. Messer

67. “She went around with a broken heart, and she wasn’t sure who’d broken it. She thought it was herself, mostly.” – Ann Brashares

Sad Heartbreak Quotes That’ll Make You Emotional

68. “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

69. “A broken heart does not mean you are broken. The crack is there to let the light in.” – Anonymous

70. “Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki

71. “Behind my smile is a broken heart, behind my laugh I’m falling apart. Behind my eyes are tears at night, behind my body is a soul trying to fight.” – Anonymous

72. “One of the cruelest things a person can do is to awaken someone’s love without the intention of truly loving them.” – Anonymous

73. “Having your heart broken is a different type of pain than breaking someone’s heart. While guilt is heavier, grief is more alienating. As victims of someone else’s mistakes, it is harder to accept the pain inflicted on us.” – Anonymous

74. “Lonely’s a different kind of pain, it doesn’t hurt as bad as heartbreak. I preferred it and embraced it ‘cause I reckoned it was one or the other.” – Kristen Ashley

Broken Heart Quotes to Move You to Tears

75. “There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream—whatever that dream might be.” – Pearl S. Buck

76. “The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.” – Carroll Bryant

77. “Perhaps someday, I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.” – Sylvia Plath

78. “It isn’t enough for your heart to break because everybody’s heart is broken now.” – Allen Ginsberg

79. “Being heartbroken doesn’t mean you stop feeling. Just the opposite—it means you feel it all more.” – Julie Johnson

80. “You ask everybody you know, ‘How long does it usually take to get over it?’ There are many formulas. One year for every year you dated. Two years for every year you dated. It’s just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it’s over, it’s over. You never get over it.” – Junot Díaz

81. “I never wanted but your heart—that gone, you have nothing more to give.” – Mary Wollstonecraft

Broken Heart Quotes That Zoom in on Love and Loss

82. “It takes a strong heart to love, but it takes an even stronger heart to continue to love after it’s been hurt.” – Anonymous

83. “You will never know true happiness until you have truly loved, and you will never understand what pain really is until you have lost it.” – Anonymous

84. “When you are in love, and you get hurt, it’s like a cut—it will heal, but there will always be a scar.” – Soo Jie

85. “If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him or her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.” – Anonymous

86. “As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them—actually pretty much all of them—are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up because if you give up, you’ll never find your soulmate. You’ll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling.“ – Marilyn Monroe

87. “A broken heart in real life isn’t half as dreadful as it is in books. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then. But between times, it lets you enjoy life and dreams as if there were nothing the matter with it.” – L.M. Montgomery

Deep Broken Heart Quotes for Those Who Are Grieving

88. “No matter how hard your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.” – Faraaz Kazi

89. “So it’s true—when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” – E.A. Bucchianeri

90. “Losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill.” – Jojo Moyes

91. “And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.” – Sarah Waters

92. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – Richard Puz

More Broken Heart Quotes That’ll Speak to Your Soul

93. “A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just his way of letting you realize he saved you from the wrong one.” – Anonymous

94. “Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelizing energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.” – Deepika Padukone

95. “Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren’t accompanied by regret.” – Laura Kasischke

96. “I know what it’s like to have a broken heart. I know what it’s like to feel pain. When my songs don’t become hits, it breaks my heart. There are a million ways to break a heart. I can relate.” – Diane Warren

97. “When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.” – Andrea Gibson

98. “It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” – Sara Teasdale

99. “When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters anymore. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.” – George Bernard Shaw

100. “When you have your heart broken for the first time, you gain depth.” – Sienna Miller

Did This List of Quotes Give You Some Tips to Help You Mend Your Broken Heart?

When your heart breaks, it may feel like the whole world around you is starting to crumble. You may feel like you’ve lost your sense of purpose, your future, and the person who makes you happy. However, always remember that having a broken heart does not mean it’s the end of the world.

It may be hard to move on from a lost love. Thankfully, because it’s such a universal experience, many people are able to share their pieces of advice and insights through quotes. Just reading through the quotes in the list may have helped you feel a bit better, but going further, you’ll also realize that there are many ways to move forward from a broken heart.

For one, you must accept the very situation you’re in. Do not wallow in sadness and denial; instead, take the time to grieve your breakup. You should also find new sources of joy and happiness; distract yourself from the pain, and understand that life has so much more to offer.

We should also look inward and love ourselves more. Breaking up with someone doesn’t mean we should lose love for ourselves, too. Remember that you are the only one who can genuinely love and accept yourself totally; if you don’t love yourself, then who would love you back?

Let these broken heart quotes give you a new perspective on love, pain, and moving on. Bookmark this page and reread the quotes in the collection whenever you need a reminder!

Did any of the quotes tug at your heartstrings? Which broken heart quotes gave you new realizations? Comment below.

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