#heartbreak

This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#empty #heartbreak #picoult #rage #secret

I miss everything about you Can't believe that I still want you And after all the things we've been through ↗

— Colbie Caillat

#love #missing-you #sad #song #love

Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation? ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#hurt #love #nora #nora-grey #patch

In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you." "I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#heartbreak #rose-hathaway #love

After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished? ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#love #love

In the end, what I felt didn't matter if it made them suffer. They didn't see me in that way. I knew it from the start but still I chased that fading hope. They was in love with another and I couldn't change that. Their friendship, their companionship, their trust it is more than I deserve, more than I could hope for. I guess I was arrogant back then to think I could make them mine. You know, I did see an angel that night while I lay exhausted in the rain, I saw them. Now that I look back at it, I came to realize that, yes, they was an angel but they wasn't my angel. ↗

— Chris Thach

#friendship #heartbreak #platonic #romance #unrequited-love

While I'm fine with you two dating and being happy, please try not to break his heart too much when the time comes. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#daniella-ivashkov #heartbreak #love #rose-hathaway #dating

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. ↗

— Jocelyn Soriano

#broken #broken-heart #broken-hearted #broken-hearted-quotes #dating

You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year you dated. Two years for every year you dated. It's just a matter of will power: The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#dating

Sleep, my love," He whispered, smoothing her long hair, lifting the damp locks away from the back of her neck. "I'll be here to watch over you." "You sleep too," she said groggily, her hand creeping to the center of his chest. "No." McKenna smiled and pressed a soft kiss against her temple. His voice was husky with wonder. "Not when staying awake is better than anything I could find in a dream. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #lovers #post-coital #romantic #sweet