202+ End Of Relationship Quotes That Are Relatable

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Ending a relationship is never easy! It makes you feel heartbroken, disoriented, and sad. At times, you may even feel empty and cannot put your feelings into words. If you are looking for quotes that can help you express how you are feeling at the end of your relationship, this post is for you. End-of-relationship quotes not only express your complex feelings after a heartbreak, but they also help you understand your situation better and motivate you to heal on your own. These quotes let you know that your feelings are justified and that there is a way to overcome the sadness.

Oftentimes, relationships come to end without closure or a proper goodbye. It could be a gradual drifting-apart, or an ugly divorce, but no matter the scenario, coming to terms with your emotions and healing from the separation can be challenging. Many of us would rather look to the internet for understanding than our own peers who we might feel courageous enough confiding in.

Check out our list of end-of-relationship quotes, selected based on their popularity and profound emotional depth. They will resonate with your state of mind and offer some solace to your aching heart.

How Do You Know It’s The End Of A Relationship?

When you are committed to your partner, life feels beautiful.

However, if you have started feeling like you would be better off alone, it’s time to end the relationship. A relationship could end due to various reasons – fading of love, cheating, abuse, etc. This does not make the breakup process easy though! As appealing as another person’s single life freedom might appear, navigating being single yourself after a long time of attachment can be disorienting. Ending a long, loving relationship is never easy. It makes you feel empty, heartbroken, and in intense pain at times. But, it is the best thing you can do if being together does not bring you peace and happiness anymore. For your own growth and recovery from the separation, indulge in a lot of self-love and self-care. And if you need some kind words of encouragement, we have a little something for you in this article.

End-of-relationship quotes resonate with the pain you are experiencing after a breakup or divorce. However, there are different types of quotes that cater to all your different emotions. Some will make you cry while some will help you see the bright light and pave the way for healing. We have categorized the quotes in the following section.

Key Takeaways

  • Cheating, abuse, or love fading over time can cause one or both partners to end the relationship.
  • Ending a relationship can leave you with pain, sadness, and heartbreak. Sometimes, it may not always end in anger or regret and may serve as a life lesson.
  • Taking your time to accept the pain, healing from it, and moving on can help you set yourself up for happiness in the future.

Types Of End Of Relationship Quotes

The end of a relationship is not the end of the world. Yes, the breakup leaves you with a lot of pain, but also gives you a glimmer of hope for a new beginning. So, one must take the situation positively and focus on themselves. It’s important to navigate your emotions after a heartbreak. The next section deals with the three types of end of relationship quotes. Scroll down to learn about them –

  • Sad Quotes

These quotes validate your feelings and let you grieve honestly. They express clearly what you are going through whether it’s sadness, anger, or confusion. Thus, if you are not quite good at expressing yourself, you can use these quotes to share your emotions.

  • Uplifting/Healing Quotes

These quotes focus on the positives of coming out of a toxic relationship. They cheer you up and make you realize that there is more to life than you have yet to explore. They help you recognize the vast potential of life that lies ahead. They offer comfort and encourage you to focus on self-growth.

  • Letting-Go Quotes

These quotes emphasize the importance of releasing someone from your life. They reinforce the concept that holding onto someone toxic will only cause you more pain. Letting go allows you the space to heal and embrace growth. These quotes reflect your strength and emotional maturity.

  • Empowering Quotes

These quotes are the best if you want to genuinely shift your attention from the heartbreak and focus on your development. These help validate your choice to prioritize yourself after a heartbreak.

Love and heartbreak have been around since time immemorial, and many literary greats and prominent personalities have waxed poetic about it. Check out what wisdom they had to impart about the end of a relationship below.

206 Best End Of A Relationship Quotes

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These quotes convey a range of emotions that one goes through after a heartbreak. From lonely, sad feelings to intense anger – they elucidate all the feelings beautifully in lines. These help you reflect on your journey and overcome the sadness.

Sad Quotes

These quotes perfectly capture the sense of loss and the pain of unrequited love that one experiences after a breakup. Check out the quotes below and express your deep emotional turmoil with them.

  1. “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, pain of love lasts a lifetime.” – Bette Davis
  2. “One of the saddest things about ending a relationship is losing your best friend.” – Anonymous
  3. “The thing is that love eventually dies if the flame is not kept tended to, and that is truly sad.” – Anonymous
  4. “I wish I could have known that we would still end this so I could have saved myself as well.” – Anonymous
  5. “I was wondering when it would be, our end of relationship. But now here we are, both hurt.” – Anonymous
  6. “Even the best things in this life can fall apart as we are now.” – Anonymous
  7. “What we had was magical, it was beautiful, and yet here we are at the end of our relationship, girl.” – Anonymous
  8. “Real heartbreak is unmistakable, from the intensity of the emotional pain it causes, to the totality with which it takes over our mind and even our body. We think of nothing else.” – Guy Winch
  9. “Although breakups can feel unbearable, we don’t die from them.” – Rachel Sussman
  10. “Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before.” – Cassandra Clare
  11. “No matter how hard your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.” – Faraaz Kazi
  12. “My feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping but I shall go on living.” – Pablo Neruda
  13. “The broken heart. You think you will die, but you keep living, day after day after terrible day.” – Charles Dickens
  14. “Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay
  15. “I know my heart will never be the same, but I’m telling myself I’ll be okay.” – Elizabeth Eulberg
  16. “It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” – Sara Teasdale
  17. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – Richard Puz
  18. “The heart will break, but broken love on.” – Lord Byron
  19. “I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.” – Julia Roberts
  20. “It ended sadly. The kind of ending where you wait together, holding hands and weeping, while off in another room, love slowly dies.” – Abigail Thomas
  21. “Unlike real hurricanes, heartbreak has no eye – it offers no reprieve and it leaves no place to take shelter. We thus remain exposed, drenched, and miserable until it passes.” – Guy Winch
  22. “I think about you. But I don’t say it anymore.” – Marguerite Duras
  23. “Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.” – Jodi Picoult
  24. “You left with my soul in your fists and my heart in your teeth, and I don’t want either of them back.” – Colleen Hoover
  25. “The saddest thing is to be a minute to someone when you’ve made them your eternity.” – Sanober Khan
  26. “To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” – Bess Myerson
  27. “There is an ocean of silence between us… and I am drowning in it.” – Ranata Suzuki
  28. “Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.” – Adele
  29. “One day you’re going to remember me and how much I loved you, and then you’re going to hate yourself for letting me go forever.” – Aubrey Drake Graham
  30. “There will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.” – Ashly Lorenzana
  31. “And I know it’s long gone and that magic’s not here now more, and I might be ok, but I’m not fine at all.” – Taylor Swift
  32. “I never wanted but your heart–that gone, you have nothing more to give.” – Mary Wollstonecraft
  33. “There ain’t no room for things to change when we’re both so deeply stuck in our ways. You can’t deny how hard I’ve tried. I changed who I was to put you both first, but now I give up.” – Adele
  34. “Nobody said it would be easy. It’s such a shame for us to part. Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard. Oh take me back to the start.” – Coldplay
  35. “What about us? What about all the broken happy ever afters? What about us? What about all the plans that ended in disaster? What about love? What about trust? What about us?” – Pink
  36. “The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.” – Carroll Bryant
  37. “Hearts were made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
  38. “The saddest thing about love is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
  39. “Love gave someone the power to break you. I’d been broken beyond repair.” – Stephanie Meyer
  40. “Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you’d been before the fall.” – Jodi Picoult
  41. “Some people will leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.” – Faraaz Kazi
  42. “Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.” – Jon Voight
  43. “Love hurts worse than getting slammed by a 250-pound linebacker.” – Miranda Kenneally
  44. “And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? Just between us, did the love affair maim you too?” – Taylor Swift
  45. “This time I wouldn’t forget him, because I couldn’t ever forgive him—for breaking my heart twice.” – James Patterson
  46. “So, I made you think that I would always stay. I said some things that I should never say. Yeah, I broke your heart like someone did to mine, and now you won’t love me for a second time.” – The Weeknd
  47. “One day, I learned that a single look can change everything. And since then, I have seen it countless times. I have grappled to understand it and failed. For instance, all it took was a look from another man for my wife to fall out of love with me. It baffles me that a simple alignment of eyes can cause so much devastation.” – Ali Shaw
  48. “The hottest love has the coldest end.” – Socrates
  49. “You can love someone so much, but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” – John Green
  50. “Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine
  51. “I didn’t lose you. You lost me. You’ll search for me inside of everyone you’re with and I won’t be found.” – Steve Maraboli
  52. “I don’t know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.” – Terri Guillemets
  53. “Oh you broke my heart. I told you I was weak for love, but then you went around, and did what you wanted to do, and now I’m crying.” – Miley Cyrus
  54. “She told me that I’m not enough, yeah. And she left me with a broken heart, yeah. She fooled me twice and it’s all my fault, yeah. She cut too deep, now she left me scarred.” – Post Malone
  55. “I want you to know that if I can’t get close to you, I’ll settle for the ghost of you.” – Justin Bieber
  56. “I gave you the best of me.” – Nicholas Sparks
  57. “Out of the millions and millions of people that inhabit this planet, he is one of the tiny few I can never have.” – Tabitha Suzuma
  58. “And they can’t understand, what hurts more — missing the other person, or pretending not to.” – Khadija Rupa
  59. “Lies don’t end relationships. Usually, the truth does…” – Anonymous
  60. “You may not push me away, but you’re not fighting to keep me either.” – Anonymous
  61. “The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
  62. “When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.” – Shannon L. Alder
  63. “We had more in common than I thought we did. You were my priority. You were your priority.” – Kate McGahan
  64. “Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.” – Alysha Speer
  65. “A broken heart bleeds tears.” – Steve Maraboli
  66. “Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.” – Stephen King
  67. “The scars of your love remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all.” – Adele
  68. “These wounds won’t seem to heal, this pain is just too real.” – Evanescence
  69. “Sometimes you have to deprive someone of the pleasure of being with you so that they can realize how much they need you in their lives.” – Osayi Osar-Emokpae
  70. “A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.” – Alvy Singer
  71. “I have sadness in me. I have anger in me. I have heartbreak in me.”– Ellen DeGeneres
  72. “Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki
  73. “Back then, in those first days, I was so alone that every day was like eating my own heart.” – Junot Diaz
  74. “I’d rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.” – Christie Brinkley
  75. “Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” – Pablo Neruda
  76. “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” – Ella Harper
  77. “My heart no longer felt as if it belonged to me. It now felt as if it had been stolen, torn from my chest by someone who wanted no part of it.” – Meredith Taylor

In the following section, we have listed inspiring healing quotes that will help you grieve properly and regain self-confidence. Continue scrolling.  

Healing Quotes

These quotes serve as a gentle reminder that healing from a long-term love is a process that takes time. They also reinforce the idea that pain is temporary, and new opportunities will await you once you’ve fully healed. Be patient and hopeful as you scroll down.

  1. “You will need to allow your mind to take it all in so that by the time you get back up on your feet, you know how you feel.” – Lauren Conrad
  2. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
  3. “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
  4. “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Robert Benchley
  5. “After your breakup, go through life slowly and stay true to what you need in each moment.” – Lesley Robins
  6. “Just because a relationship ends, it doesn’t mean it’s not worth having.” – Sarah Mlynowski
  7. “The loss of love is not nearly as painful as our resistance to accepting it is.” – Tigress Luv
  8. “Though our relationship has ended, I still love you all the same, it was worth it all.” – Anonymous
  9. “I still think that one day, someone will help me prove that love can last for a lifetime.” – Anonymous
  10. “Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never.” – Charles Caleb Colton
  11. “To meet, to know, to love and then to part, is the sad tale of many a heart.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  12. “The end that we had was not the greatest, but it taught me a great deal, that is the truth.” – Anonymous
  13. “One of the most unfortunate realities of heartbreak is that our ‘natural’ responses often do us more harm than good.” – Guy Winch
  14. “Ever has it been that love knows not its own death until the hour of separation.” – Khalil Gibran
  15. “So often the end of a love affair is death by a thousand cuts, so often its survival is life by a thousand stitches.” – Robert Brault
  16. “Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it’s always a tough thing and hard to get over.” – Adam Brody
  17. “In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.” – Robert Brault
  18. “Just because a relationship ended doesn’t mean two people stopped loving each other. They just stopped hurting each other.” – Anonymous
  19. “Relationships end, but they don’t end your life. But people do often spend more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.” – Steve Martin
  20. “Getting even with the person that broke your heart will never give you peace. The only thing that will heal your wounds is believing that God loves you enough to bring someone else into your life to respect you and love you in the way you deserve!” – Shannon L. Alder
  21. “Going through a breakup is actually very similar to grieving a death. You’re grieving the loss of someone you love and learning to live life without them by your side.” – Samantha Burns
  22. “Even if you initiated your split, you are going to be overcome with interminable sorrow. You are not only mourning the loss of someone significant in your life, but saying farewell to your dreams of an eternity together.” – Rachel Sussman
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  1. “You’ll slowly start seeing life beyond the breakup, and eventually life won’t be about the breakup at all.” – Lesley Robins
  2. “Ending something doesn’t have to be filled with regret, anger, or negativity. We have experiences and memories that serve a purpose.” – Omar Lee
  3. “Ending a long-term relationship is extremely tough, and recovering from the issues you’ve had in the relationship is even tougher and takes time.” – Jyoti Patel
  4. “Even the best of friends face conflicts, but that needn’t mean the end of the relationship.” – Anonymous
  5. “You’ve felt the grief and sadness along with the anger associated with your breakup. Your body is literally a giant tank filled with emotions, and they need to be released.” – Andi Dorfman
  6. “Sometimes a broken heart can mend something else’s brokenness.” – Munia Khan
  7. “For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.” – D. H. Lawrence
  8. “Don’t cry when the sun is gone because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” – Violeta Parra
  9. “Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy
  10. “So it’s true when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” – E. A. Bucchianeri
  11. “When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.” – Andrea Gibson
  12. “I will never regret you or say I wish I’d never met you. Because once upon a time, you were exactly what I needed.” – Bob Marley
  13. “And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.” – Sarah Waters
  14. “Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson
  15. “The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” – Nicholas Sparks
  16. “Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” – Patti Roberts
  17. “Nothing helps a broken heart like having someone wonderful give you theirs.” – Rita Stradling
  18. “Perhaps someday I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.” – Sylvia Plath
  19. “When you go through heartbreak, you just do the things that get you by. Eventually, you realize it’s about making the most of life.” – Britney Spears
  20. “A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.” – J. S. B. Morse
  21. “You find out what you are made of when you have a broken heart. If it happens early and often, all the better.” – Isabel Gillies
  22. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
  23. “Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” – Jean De La Fontaine

Next, we have listed certain letting-go quotes that emphasize the importance of coming out of a toxic relationship. Keep reading. 

Letting-Go Quotes

Letting go is an act of liberation that provides you with varied opportunities. These quotes encourage people to release attachments and discover one’s potential. Check out the quotes that perfectly capture the essence of letting go, and feel the sense of freedom they bring.

  1. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
  2. “I think the universe meant for us to let go and just start something new with another person.” – Anonymous
  3. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley
  4. “Some people will leave you soon no matter how, but it’s not the ending of your story, it’s just the ending of their role in your story. ‘Cause life goes on, and you should just expect damage from others.” – Marouane LAASSAFAR
  5. “You cannot start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last.” – Anonymous
  6. “Love is unconditional, relationships are not.” – Grant Gudmundson
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  1. “Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
  2. “Sometimes you have to forget what you want in order to remember what you deserve.” – Anonymous
  3. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
  4. “If love breaks more than a heart, maybe it’s a sign and time to step out.” – Anthony Liccione
  5. “Your heart breaks when you find a love that is not for you, so just let love find you.” – Anonymous
  6. “If your love broke apart when you least expected it to, maybe it was meant to break apart.” – Anonymous
  7. “Maybe we were never meant for each other, we were just meant to be a lesson to one another.” – Anonymous
  8. “We must celebrate this moment, though it is hard, that we are finally free from what we had.” – Anonymous
  9. “It is sad when a relationship fails, but it is better to know it early on than later after marriage.” – Anonymous
  10. “Look and see and realize that the world is better without him in it, you were right to end it.” – Anonymous
  11. “People try to find the best things with the wrong people only to end up failing so badly too.” – Anonymous
  12. “If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.” – Christopher Morley
  13. “It was a great thing that I was with you, but now it must come to an end, we must forget it.” – Anonymous
  14. “Though what we had has ended, our life hasn’t, so let us go out there and find new love for us.” – Anonymous
  15. “I will live my life, even without you here by my side. That is the path I must take from now on.” – Anonymous
  16. “There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book.” – Anonymous
  17. “You would not believe this but someday, you will realize that ending it was better for us.” – Anonymous
  18. “I need to tell you that we must stop what we have before it becomes more and more toxic.” – Anonymous
  19. “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.” – Oprah Winfrey
  20. “This marks the end, and as much as I hate it, we must both accept that this is for the better.” – Anonymous
  21. “I wish we never got here to the end of our relationship, but it is something that we must do for us both.” – Anonymous
  22. “End the relationships and cry once. Believe me, it’s better than being with them and crying daily…” – Chandramoy Indu
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  1. “You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.” – Mandy Hale
  2. “Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life, you will never be able to grow to your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow.” – Anonymous
  3. “A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.” – Dave Matthews Band
  4. “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.” – Anais Nin
  5. “The end of a relationship is not always a failure. Sometimes all the love in the world is not enough to save something. In these cases, it is not a matter of fault from either person. Some things cannot be, it’s as simple as that.” – Ashly Lorenzana
  6. “And maybe, for now, a happy ending doesn’t include a relationship. Maybe it’s you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is just…moving on.” – Anonymous
  7. “Oh, it was meant to be. It just wasn’t meant to last.” – Kate McGahan
  8. “None of us knew how terribly these two fine people suffered in secret. I do not think that they ever stopped loving each other, but deep down in their nature they did not belong to one another.” – Hermann Hesse
  9. “Letting go does not mean you’re giving up, it simply means you’re making a conscious choice to acknowledge that something is out of your control.” – James A. Murphy
  10. “So for now I say goodbye to this chapter of my life and I look forward to what comes next.” – Brooke Davis
  11. “You can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you and find something better in your future.” – Jodi Picoult

In the following section, we have jotted down certain empowering quotes that inspire confidence and remind you that you are worthy of love. Read on. 

Empowering Quotes

These quotes encourage one to find peace and strength in their own company. They help you realize that you are an individual with immense value and that your worth is not defined by being in a relationship. Scroll down.

  1. “It takes bravery to end a relationship.” – Leona Lewis
  2. “I think that the best thing that I have learned from you is that I can still survive after you too.” – Anonymous
  3. “And in the end, all I learned was how to be strong alone.” – Anonymous
  4. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.” – Victoria Holt
  5. “You learn more about someone at the end of a relationship than at the beginning.” – Anonymous
  6. “If you are not sure where you stand with someone, then it might be time to start walking.” – Anonymous
  7. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse
  8. “I thought I was strong holding on to you, but I am stronger now letting you go.” – Anonymous
  9. “We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways – the ways we react and behave when we love someone.” – John Gray
  10. “Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there won’t be an end.” – Tony Robbins
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  1. “When we try to save something that is already dead, we will fail miserably.” – Anonymous
  2. “We all deserve to be with someone who makes us happy, not someone who makes us miserable.” – Anonymous
  3. “It is better to end something and start another than to imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.” – Anonymous
  4. “Relationships end too soon because people stop putting the same effort to keep you as they did to win you.” – Anonymous
  5. “One of the reasons why relations end is because one is doing everything to save it, and the other is finding every way to end it.” – Anonymous
  6. “In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people.” – Wayne Dyer
  7. “Relationships are never a waste of time. They might fail to bring you what you want, but they end up teaching you what you don’t want.” – Anonymous
  8. “Stop looking at the end of a relationship as a failure. Leaving it behind can be a courageous choice – and an opportunity for you to be honest and authentic.” – Georgia Kolias
  9. “Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.” – Wiston Auden
  10. “When things aren’t going your way, like during this breakup, you must fight for your own happiness. If you keep looking on the outside for validation, especially from a man, you will lose.” – Lesley Robins
  11. “No matter your role in this breakup, whether you were dumped or you walked away, it takes serious courage and resiliency to make it through to the other side.” – Samantha Burns
  12. “Now, defeating kryptonite and getting over a broken heart is incredibly tough. It’s also wildly empowering. But the even bigger victory is finally living your own life again without the constant presence of heartache.” – Greg Behrendt
  13. “The human heart is the only thing whose worth increases the more it is broken.” – Shakieb Orgunwall
  14. “I’d rather love a million times and have my heart broken every time than hold a permanently empty heart forever.” – H.C. Paye
  15. “If love is like driving a car, then I must be the worst driver in the world. I missed all the signs and ended up lost.” – Brian D. McLaren
  16. “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.” – Neil Gaiman
  17. “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain
  18. “You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.” – Henny Youngman
  19. “Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.” – Atticus
  20. “I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” – Michel Foucault
  21. “Lonely’s a different kind of pain; it doesn’t hurt as bad as heartbreak. I preferred it and embraced it ’cause I reckoned it was one or the other.” – Kristen Ashley
  22. “You didn’t break my heart; you freed it.” – Steve Maraboli
  23. “I could take chances with my heart and I would be able to bounce back, and anything that might hurt me would just make me stronger in the end.” – Elizabeth Eulberg
  24. “Often what feels like the end of the world is really the rough beginning of a new pathway to a far better place.” – Karen Salmansohn
  25. “She didn’t want love. She wanted to be loved. And that was entirely different.” – Atticus
  26. “Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.” – Warsan Shire
  27. “The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep.” – Margaret George
  28. “It’s hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.” – Eric Kripke
  29. “Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale
  30. “I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.” – L. Frank Baum
  31. “I think heartbreak is something you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget.” – Kate Winslet
  32. “My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break.” – William Shakespeare
  33. “The mother loved me, the sister loved me, the father loved me, IT COULD’VE BEEN PERFECT!” – Mariah Carey
  34. “I’m here and I’m there, couldn’t see past the end of my beer, at what was getting near or the silence after the cheers.” – Mike Skinner
  35. “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.” – Coco J. Ginger

In the next section, we have highlighted how you can use these quotes strategically in your healing process and find peace once again. Scroll down. 

Practical Use Of End Of Relationship Quotes For Healing

Navigating the emotionally charged phase after a breakup is not easy. The right words can provide comfort during this stage, allowing people to gain clarity and embrace self-growth. The insightful quotes above can help you naturally come out of the toxic phase and embrace happiness. Integrate them into your healing journey and become a calmer and stronger individual. Read on. 

  • Journaling
  • Use the quotes, whether healing, letting go, or empowering, as prompts for your journaling session. Reflect on what the quote means to you and how you can use it to shape your life in a better way. Jot down the positive changes that you wish to see in yourself. 
  • Start with a letting go quote to identify what you have learned from the breakup. Realize your innate strength and promise yourself to build on it further in the future. You may also use a healing quote to prompt journalling about forgiveness. This will help you attain closure and move forward with no hard feelings.
  • Daily Affirmations
  • Use empowering quotes in daily affirmations and repeat them throughout the day in your head. This will remind you of your strength and emotional maturity. Besides, it will help you achieve emotional liberty. 
  • After a heartbreak, thoughts of self-doubts are common. Use a healing or letting-go quote and turn it into an affirmation to find clarity and self-confidence. This will help you realize your worth and understand that you are worthy of true love and unfiltered happiness.  
  • Meditation And Visualization Practice
  • Begin your meditative session with an empowering quote. Take deep breaths and clear your mind of cluttered emotions. Reflect on how you can grow now that you are out of the toxic relationship, and think of the lessons you have learned from being in a not-so-happy connection. Additionally, understand how emotionally strong and evolved you have become post-breakup. 
  • Incorporate a healing quote into your visualization practice. Imagine walking out of an unhappy relationship, breaking obstacles, and finally entering a space filled with opportunities and happiness. An uplifting quote will help you make a fresh start.

Infographic: Top 10 Relatable End Of Relationship Quotes

Nobody said ending a relationship is easy. Moving on with your life without that special one is truly a different kind of pain. If you are looking for words that will soothe your broken heart, you have come to the right place. We have rounded up a few end-of-relationship quotes that will offer you comfort in this difficult time. Check out the infographic below to know more!

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Illustration: StyleCraze Design Team

Nobody said ending a relationship is easy. It is the end of a beautiful era with a cherished loved one. While the relationship gave you love and unforgettable memories, it also gave you sadness and loneliness. That is why ending the relationship may be beneficial for your and your partner’s mental health. Checking out some breakup poems or going through some of these end-of-relationship quotes written by some of the greatest writers in history can provide you comfort in this intense and difficult time. Even though it may seem difficult now, time will allow you to heal from this heartbreak and move on.

Frequently Asked Questions

What to say when breaking up with someone you love?

Start the conversation with warmth and love and remember not to add insult to injury by re-hashing the problems. Instead, gently but firmly tell the person that the relationship is no longer working, then listen to what they have to say without getting defensive or blaming. You can also take some inspiration from online breakup paragraphs that will allow you to end things in a kind manner.

When to call it quits in a relationship?

If you are not happy (your needs aren’t met) in your relationship, are facing violence in any form, or are not OK with your partner’s behavior, call it quits in the relationship.

Why is silence so powerful after a breakup?

Cutting off all forms of communication with your ex frees you from unhealthy attachments, and gives you a strong and affirmative sign that you can live without them.

How can quotes help in the healing process after a breakup?

End-of-relationship quotes provide comfort during a heartbreak. They validate your feelings and show that you are not alone. As you read the quotes, you will feel understood and relieved. Besides, they motivate you to look out for yourself and strengthen your personality. Thus, they promote emotional and mental healing.

Illustration: End Of Relationship Quotes That Are Relatable

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Image: Dall·E/StyleCraze Design Team



Relatable relationship quotes can be extremely helpful for your healing journey and self-discovery. Watch this informative video to cope with the pain of ending a relationship.

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