I was once with a person I gave everything to!Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Heartbreak and moving forward
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
Bad as I like ye, it’s worse without ye.Irish proverbTraditional attribution
How many tears must I shed to cleanse myself of you?AnonymousTraditional attribution
It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.Eric HofferAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
I was finally getting over you and actually believing I didn’t need you.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.LamartineAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Love is like a puzzle.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.Norman CousinsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.Claudia GhandiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.W.S. MerwinAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I think about you constantly, whether it’s with my mind or my heart.Albany Bach ReidAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Missing you could turn from pain to pleasure, if I knew you were missing me too.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Giving up doesn’t always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.AnonymousTraditional attribution
God is closest to those with broken hearts.Jewish sayingTraditional attribution
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.Jean de La FontaineAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you really love something set it free. If it comes back it’s yours, if not it wasn’t meant to be.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Don’t cry over someone that won’t cry over you.AnonymousTraditional attribution
We enjoy warmth because we have been cold.David WeatherfordAttributed in the original GADEL collection
However long the night, the dawn will break.African proverbTraditional attribution
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.Jewish proverbTraditional attribution
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.Paul BoeseAttributed in the original GADEL collection
There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.Sydney HarrisAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The hottest love has the coldest end.SocratesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Identifying A Broken Heart Just because she comes off strong doesn’t mean she didn’t fall asleep crying.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Just because she comes off strong doesn’t mean she didn’t fall asleep crying.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Original collection & source
Original title: Broken Heart and Heartbroken Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs to Help You Move On
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