39 Quotes About Being Broken

Dealing with a broken heart can be difficult to mend from. These quotes about being broken offer the right encouragement you need to heal your wounds.

“A promise must never be broken.”

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”

“But hurry, let’s entwine ourselves as one, our mouth broken, our soul bitten by love, so time discovers us safely destroyed.”

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”

“Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars.”

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

“Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn’t working, it’s still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they’re part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.”

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

“I have a good imagination. Look, I know what it feels like to have a broken heart. I know what it feels like to feel something for somebody. I’m just too weird to be in a relationship.”

“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”

“I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.”

“I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I’d rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.”

“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful for all of it.”

“If someone you love hurts you cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.”

“It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.”

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

“It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.”

“It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.”

“It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.”

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

“I’ve always known we were two puzzle pieces that fit together in a hollow that is our pain. There was a time when I was certain we were too damaged not to destroy each other. Now I think we are saving each other.”

“Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people have betrayed me, even if my heart was broken, even if people misunderstood or judged me, I have learned from these incidents. We are human and we make mistakes, but learning from them is what makes the difference.”

“Lips that taste of tears, they say are the best for kissing.”

“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.”

“Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.”

“Love is like a puzzle. When you’re in love, all the pieces fit but when your heart gets broken, it takes a while to get everything back together.”

“Love lasts about seven years. That’s how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.”

“Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty – they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.”

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

“The best way to not get your heart broken, is pretending you don’t have one.”

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

“There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move – and he, in turn, waits for you.”

“Trouble is a part of life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.”

“Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew.”

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

“We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.”

“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”

“When you really love someone, you see all their mess and their brokenness and you love them anyway. In fact, seeing all of that sort of makes you love them more.”

“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.”

Suffering from a broken heart can open up new doors of opportunity for healing and placing yourself down a new path.