“He broke you. He knows he did, too. Don't run back. Please don't run back Don't run back to someone Who has no intention Of being gentle with your heart.”— Charlotte Freeman, shopcatalog.com
“So yeah, it's a war. It's the goddamn fight of my life and you started it.”— Taylor Swift, open.spotify.com
“What precisely are we afraid of? Is it being alone? Or having to go back out into the world and find another person we’d be happy to spend the rest of our life with?”— Annie Vladev, psiloveyou.xyz
“You wish the world could stand still while the two of you are still intertwined, while the two of you still share a world, while together, you still create magic.”— Colleen George, thoughtcatalog.com
“Aren't you the guy who tried to hurt me with the word 'goodbye'? Though it took some time to survive you I'm better on the other side”— Dua Lipa, open.spotify.com
“The end came as silent as the leaves falling in autumn. There was no deciding moment; one day the leaves were falling then the next, the trees were bare. Our time has run out.”— Kari Minobe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I swore you'd never see this side But it's so hard to say goodbye I don't need to apologize Us big girls got to cry”— Lizzo, open.spotify.com
“Well, it turns out life is not a meritocracy. If you show up, even in the most perfect human form, you will get your heart broken. You just will. That's part of the deal. No one gets out unscathed, unless they stay home.”— Karen Kilgariff, amazon.com
“Wanting your significant other to be loyal to you is crazy. If you don’t want to be crazy, lower your expectations.”— Maggie Lakes, medium.com
“Wherever I go whatever I do I wonder where I am in my relationship to you Wherever you go whatever you are I watch your life play out and take pictures from a far”— John Mayer, open.spotify.com
“Breaking up, as shitty as it is, comes with at least one theoretical silver lining: getting the fuck out of dodge so you can get over it and get on with your life.”— Tracy Moore, melmagazine.com
“I had woken up crying and realized after a few hours that I wouldn’t be able to stop until I let him go. When my gut takes over, I can turn into a beast. I knew I had to do this but didn’t know how.”— Nasreen Yazdani, nytimes.com
“I know breaking up sucks, but you know what’s even worse? Wasting a night in New York City.”— Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Dana Fox, Robin, Rebel Wilson, imdb.com
“Nostalgia can be the biggest roadblock in moving on from an old relationship.”— Leila Ettachfini, broadly.vice.com
“My personal experience grappling with these questions is limited, but during the four years when my current boyfriend and I were broken up, I remember swallowing jealousy the size of a softball at the mere thought of him being with someone else, much less posting about it on Instagram. Then again, I…”— Harling Ross, manrepeller.com