Break Up Quotes - Page 2

• For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• I thought when love for you died, I should die.
  It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.

  Rupert Brooke

  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

  Rupert Brooke (2010). “Collected Poems”, p.55, The Oleander Press

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• Turn your wounds into wisdom.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Oprah Winfrey (2017). “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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• The heart will break, but broken live on.

  Lord Byron

  Broken Heart, Breakup, Heart

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• The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 06, 2014

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  And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Relationship, Smile

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• And you tried to change, didn't you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake... You can't make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave, then let him leave. You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

  Warsan Shire

  Beautiful, Home, Should Have

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• Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

  Joan D. Vinge

  Love, Hate, Sentimental

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• I tell people this: It's hard to write about walking in the park, but it's easy to write about a breakup.

  Kris Allen

  Moving On, Breakup, Writing

  "Five Questions with Kris Allen". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 23, 2009.

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• The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else. But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.

  Charlaine Harris

  Breakup, Couple, Good Enough

  Charlaine Harris (2003). “Club Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.23, Penguin

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• It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

  Keith Urban

  Running, Breakup, Long

  Song: Stupid Boy, 2006

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• If you're going thru hell, keep going.

  Rob Estes

  Hope, Sadness, Trying

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• I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

  Nicole Kidman

  Positive, Heartbroken, Breakup

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 25, 2016

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• Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hope, Courage, Military

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

  Dennis Quaid

  Love, Broken Heart, Breakup

  "Quaid: Split From Ryan Was 'Like Death'". W Magazine Interview, abcnews.go.com. July 19, 2001.

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• When raindrops hit the tin roof it's crazy. That's a metaphor, did I lose you baby?

  Drake

  Life, Relationship, Baby

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• You can't say you're happy either. You don't even smile for me.

  Drake

  Relationship, Happiness, Smile

  Song: Lets Call It Off, Album: So Far Gone, 2009

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• I now know why people break up in e-mails and text messages. Doing it face-to-face is so hard because you have to stand in front of the person and witness their reaction. Face their wrath.

  Simone Elkeles

  Wrath, People, Mail

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• So is it over is this really it You've given up so easily I thought you loved me more than this

  Adele

  Break, Given, Given Up

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• Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Relationship, Letting Go, Freedom

  Susanna Kearsley (2011). “The Rose Garden”, p.34, Allison & Busby

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• Men are a luxury, not a necessity.

  Cher

  Love, Breakup, Men

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• I never knew how quickly I would go from someone that you loved to someone you used to know.

  Collin Raye

  Breakup, Used, Knows

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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• The heart was made to be broken.

  Oscar Wilde

  Moving On, Broken Heart, Heartbreak

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• One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

  Byron Nelson

  Deep Breathing, Way, Kind

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