31 Heartache Quotes For Healing

Heartache is a universal experience, a poignant reminder of the depth of human emotion. Whether you're navigating the fresh pain of a breakup, grieving a lost opportunity, or reflecting on a past longing, words have an incredible power to soothe and heal. In moments of emotional turmoil, the right quote can offer solace, insight, and a sense of connection to those who have journeyed through similar feelings. Our handpicked selection of 31 heartache quotes serves as a gentle companion on your path to healing, providing comfort and encouragement as you seek understanding and peace within your situation. Join us as we explore the wisdom and empathy encapsulated in these powerful expressions of the heart.

1. “From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.” - Edgar Allan Poe

2. “Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censerSwung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor."Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee--Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!"Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore.” - Edgar Allan Poe

3. “Is it just me, or is that guy the coolest boyfriend ever invented?" "It’s not just you." And there was that same dull pain-the one I get sometimes when I see the two of them together and realize I’ll never have that. I gave Amanda a smile. "He’s great. I’m really happy for you." And that was a hundred percent true. But it didn’t make it hurt any less.” - Robin Brande

4. “You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.” - Julie de Lespinasse

5. “This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” - Elizabeth Gilbert

6. “I am done slowing down, giving people their time and space, letting them explore their options.” - Marla Miniano

7. “Though sorrow may impede my heart,It is of great love to have known you.” - C. Elizabeth

8. “Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart until it reaches my outer me” - Criss Jami

9. “Because misery, and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will did it. I have no broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse for me that I am strong.” - Emily Brontë

10. “It is becoming a bad dream-- in the daytime as well as at night. I see him nearly all the time and can't get at him, I mustn't show anything, must remain gay while I'm really in despair.” - Anne Frank

11. “Experience has taught me that what you love, you should love all the harder because someday it will be gone.” - Ronan O'Brien

12. “Better this way, what remained of his battered sensibilities told him. He was no good for her, anyway. She didn’t understand him. She didn’t understand that he was cursed. And, selfish as he was, he’d rather she hate him than he hate himself any more than he was already going to. Any more than he already did.” - V.S. Carnes

13. “Caine might have smiled at her, had his heart not been breaking to smithereens inside of him.” - V.S. Carnes

14. “... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!” - E.A. Bucchianeri

15. “Charity liked brandy. She liked the way it burned her throat while soothing the ache in her heart.” - Elizabeth Jane Howard

16. “Aye, though he loved her from his soul with such a self denying love as woman seldom wins; he spoke from first to last of Martin.” - Charles Dickens

17. “...what happens when you returnand find nothingbut a hollowed shell,shingles and floor,walls and echoesand the light that lead you herehas now burned outand the ones who built ithave traveled afarand you cant go to them,no matter what shoes you wear.” - Kellie Elmore

18. “He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.” - Pete Wentz

19. “Every heart, it have its own ache.” - Lynn Cullen

20. “I didn't go there lightly. I knew even then that this was the beginning of something very hard to reverse. But I couldn't do otherwise now: I was too possessed” - Francesca Marciano

21. “Yes, I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds have loomed over me. Let the rain come then if it must come! And let it wash away the dust that hurt my eyes!” - Jocelyn Soriano

22. “To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment, and it only hurt so much because to you, that person's opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world, of God.” - Jocelyn Soriano

23. “He’d pushed it back, where he’d kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldn’t stay. Wouldn’t stop. Wouldn’t let him go.” - Veronica Rossi

24. “You can chase love. If you are lucky enough to catch it…is it really yours?” - Brian MacLearn

25. “I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.” - Ashly Lorenzana

26. “I may tear you apart but I'll put you back together.” - Donna Schoenrock

27. “I find it funny that you could pass the same person on the street, in a store, or even in your neighborhood many times before actually meeting, thinking you’ve never seen them before, but when you are finally introduced, they seem to pop up everywhere.” - Courtney Giardina

28. “You may have to break this heart before you can use it. You may have to take it apart and start all over with me. I know it hurts to change, but I don't want to stay the same. Take me. Break me. Do whatever it takes to make me what you need me to be” - Willow Aster

29. “There are often great lessons to be learned at the roots of stress, drama, and heartache. Don’t let the magnitude of the circumstance blind you to the value of the lesson.” - Steve Maraboli

30. “I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.” - Cassandra Clare

31. “You are everything I have in this world Gracie” - Marisa Oldham