Almost everyone has endured apainful breakupand has come out on the other side all the better for their experience.

Still, we need support.

Yung Pueblo

We allow ourselves to love because its worth the risk.

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We dont do it because its easy, we do it because connection makes everything brighter.

Steve Maraboli

Cry.

Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Kentaro Miura

You’re going to be alright.

You just stumbled over a stone in the road.

Your goal lies far beyond this, doesn’t it?

I’m sure you’ll overcome this.

You’ll walk again…soon.

Viktor Frankl

When the situation is good, enjoy it.

When the situation is bad, transform it.

When the situation cannot be transformed, transform yourself.

That’s the end of their part in your story.

Cheryl Strayed

You cannot convince people to love you.

This is an absolute rule.

No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it.

Real love moves freely in both directions.

Dont waste your time on anything else.

Brianna Wiest

This relationship affected you more than you are letting yourself believe.

The ending hurt you more than you acknowledged, and you better process that.

S.C. Lourie

Be confused, its where you begin to learn new things.

Be broken, its where you begin to heal.

Be frustrated, its where you start to make more authentic decisions.

Be sad, because if we are brave enough we can hear our hearts wisdom through it.

Be whatever you are right now.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

Coco J. Ginger

When we are in love, we are convinced nobody else will do.

But as time goes, others do do, and often do do, much much better.

Youll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing.

Sophia Bush

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.

Ljeoma Umebinyeo

Healing comes in waves, and maybe today the wave hits the rocks.

And thats OK, thats OK, darling.

You are still healing.

You are still healing.

Glennon Doyle

Heartbreak delivers your purpose.

Nicholas Sparks

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

It’s that same idea.

These quotes about heartbreak articulate the emotions we’re experiencing and help us feel more understood.

They Motivate and Empower:Building awareness of this collective experience can motivate andempowerus, too.

The world has just opened up for you.

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