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When you\u2019re in the middle of a breakup it can feel like the moment you\u2019re in and the things you\u2019re feeling will last forever. There\u2019s a feeling of permanence that comes with the particular pain of heartbreak that\u2019s hard to see past. But as anyone who\u2019s ever been through a breakup will tell you, the pain does fade with time and the way you\u2019re feeling now won\u2019t last forever. But we\u2019re not going to lie, it can take a while. To help you through the hard times in a breakup, we\u2019ve compiled over 60 breakup messages and quotes about breaking up from people who have been there before and come out on the other side. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the bridges I burn, light the way. – Dylan McKay<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have to beg someone to be in your life then then don’t belong there. – Mandy Hale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will always be a place for you in my life, just not in my heart. – Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. – Marilyn Monroe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How I felt about you hasn\u2019t changed, but you have. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re not worth my love if you need reasons to find me worthy of yours. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t lose a good man, you lose a man who\u2019s not good for you. – Steve Harvey <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life isn’t easy<\/span>
\n<\/span>Love never lasts<\/span>
\n<\/span>You just carry on<\/span>
\n<\/span>And keep moving fast.
\n<\/span>– Linda Ronstadt <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everyone you lose is a loss. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are times when sorry seems the only truth. – Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that\u2019s what people say\u2014you\u2019ll get over it. I\u2019d say it, too. But I know it\u2019s not true. Oh, you\u2019ll be happy again, never fear. But you won\u2019t forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him. – Betty Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think you still love me, but we can\u2019t escape the fact that I\u2019m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I\u2019m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I\u2019m not angry, either. I should be, but I\u2019m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.  – Haruki Murakami<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like some wines, our love could neither mature nor travel. – Graham Greene<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked away because you were busy finding faults in me, and I was busy overlooking yours. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before something great happens, everything falls apart. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing changes you…. I left you because I knew I could never change you. You would stand in the room so still sometimes, as if the greatest betrayal of yourself would be to reveal one more inch of your character. –  Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some things can be fixed. Some things are just too broken. – Susan Vaught<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone walks away from you, it’s not the end of your story. It’s just the end of their time in your story. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to be in a relationship that feels good on the inside, and doesn’t just look good on the outside. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes people cry not because they\u2019re weak, but because they\u2019ve been strong for too long.  <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now you’ve lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive. – Keith Urban<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust is like a glass, once broken it will never be the same again. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I would choose to be with you. That\u2019s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too, and you can have this heart to break. – Billy Joel<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lesson hurts before it teaches. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love is worth fighting for, but not if you’re the only one fighting. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai lama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lies don\u2019t end relationships, the truth does. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I miss the time when I actually meant something to you. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How come you don\u2019t want me now? Why don\u2019t you want to wait this out? How come you always lead me on, never take my call, hear me out? Why don\u2019t you want to win me now? Why don\u2019t you want to show me off? Tell me why you couldn\u2019t try, couldn\u2019t try and keep me. – Tegan and Sara<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We broke up, but my feelings didn\u2019t. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never love anybody who treats you like you\u2019re ordinary. – Oscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s ok to be alone, that\u2019s when you find yourself. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will survive and be the one who\u2019s stronger. I will not beg you to stay. I will move on and you should know I mean it. Wild horses run in me. – Birdy<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t hate you, I just lost respect for you. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The toughest part of letting go is realizing the other person already did. – Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t choose what stays and what fades away. And I\u2019d do anything to make you stay. – Florence and The Machine <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the best revenge is to smile and move on. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He needs space and time, as if this were physics and not a human relationship.  – Kathryn Stockett, The Help<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m tired of fighting. For once I want to be fought for. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s really over, you made your stand. You got me crying, as was your plan. But when my loneliness is through, I\u2019m gonna find another you. -John Mayer<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I see things for what they are, not what I want them to be. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never stopped loving you, I just stopped showing it. <\/span>– Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world. – Jack Kerouac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He broke my heart. You merely broke my life. –  Vladimir Nabokov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love. -Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was I heartbroken or furious? I didn\u2019t know. I did know: that\u2019s it. Our relationship could not continue like this, out of balance, unequal. And as surely as I knew this, I knew something else: But of course it can. We can continue to live exactly as we do right now, in a heavy-lidded state of love and unspeakable compromise. Isn\u2019t that what people do? Every day? Don\u2019t they ache but rename it tired? It made me wonder: Was it even fair to expect the person you\u2019re with to be just as happy as you? Furthermore, how could you ever even know for sure? You couldn\u2019t, was the truth of it. You could not know this.\u201d  – Augusten Burroughs, Lust & Wonder<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In time I will fade away. In time I won\u2019t hear what you say. In time, but time takes time you know. – Ben Folds<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens to people that love each other? I suppose they have whatever they have, and they are more fortunate than others. Then one of them gets the emptiness forever.  – Ernest Hemingway<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I miss your smile, but I miss mine even more. – Kid Cudi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will always be a place for you in my life, just not in my heart. – Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Daliai Lama<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love is like quicksand, the further you fall in the harder it is to get out. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing you isn’t what hurts, it’s knowing that I had you that’s killing me. -Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger. – Sarah Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones. – Turcois Ominek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your absence is teaching me things your presence never could. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He brought out the worst in me, and was the best thing that ever happened to me. – Coco J. Ginger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only time can heal a broken heart, only time can heal his broken arms and legs. – Miss Piggy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they’re stupid enough to walk away, be smart enough to let them go. – Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the starts. – Violeta Para<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. – Usher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to hope that you’d bring me flowers. Now I plant my own. – Rachel Wolchin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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