“One time when I was in high school, a guy’s mom called me and broke up with me for him. There was another time where I was on a date, and I tripped and broke my kneecap, and the guy said he wasn’t ‘feeling it,’ so he left and I waited for an ambulance. One time I was dating this guy for a while, and…”— Leslie Knope, amazon.com
“Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”— Matt Groening, amazon.com
“Be real with yourself and honest about the relationship. Remind yourself of the reasons why it didn’t work, instead of going over what you could have or should have done differently in order to make it work. Chances are, it would have ended no matter what you did differently.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com
“A lot of the time, the pain we feel after a breakup is really the throb of a severely bruised ego. Rejection hurts.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com
“When you go through a breakup, you may be missing the feeling of being loved and cared for. To fill this empty space, surround yourself with people who genuinely care about you and love you for who you are. Focus on rebuilding your life in a way that makes you feel fulfilled and content with who you…”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com
“You won’t find someone with his exact qualities … you will find someone even better and more compatible with you.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com
“You convince yourself that no other man on the planet has the same qualities as him and thus you have two choices: get him back or settle for someone who will never measure up.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com
“Phoebe: 'You name one woman that you broke up with for a real reason.' Chandler: 'Maureen Rosilla.' Ross: ''Cause she doesn’t hate Yanni’ is not a real reason.'”— Chandler Bing, Ross Geller, Phoebe Buffay, amazon.com
“First divorce: wife's hidden sexuality, not my fault. Second divorce: said the wrong name at the altar, kind of my fault. Third divorce: they shouldn't let you get married when you're that drunk and have stuff drawn all over your face, Nevada's fault.”— Ross Geller, amazon.com
“Chandler: 'I'm being transferred to Yemen.' Janice: 'I'll write you everyday...15 Yemen Road, Yemen.'”— Chandler Bing, Janice Hosenstein, amazon.com
“We built sand castles that washed away I made you cry when I walked away And although I promised that I couldn't stay, baby Every promise don't work out that way.”— Beyoncé, azlyrics.com
“Immediately after a breakup the hardest part is controlling your emotions. Which is why silence is golden… it camouflages your emotions. It’s perfectly fine to fall to pieces… just not in front of him. Stay calm, grounded, don’t cry, beg, plead or grovel for him to take you back. This behavior may s…”— Leslie Braswell, amazon.com
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and we…”— Jean-Yves Leloup, amazon.com
“Was I bitter? Absolutely. Hurt? You bet your sweet ass I was hurt. Who doesn’t feel a part of their heart break at rejection. You ask yourself every question you can think of, what, why, how come, and then your sadness turns to anger. That’s my favorite part. It drives me, feeds me, and makes one he…”— Jennifer Salaiz, amazon.com
“When you break up with someone, and I’m not talking casual breakups here, it’s hard to take the sudden absence of such an important person in your life. It reminded me of when I’d stopped going to school and the weird uneasy feeling I’d gotten afterward, like I was forgetting to do something. My lif…”— Lish McBride, amazon.com
“When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you’ve created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stam…”— Helen Fielding, amazon.com
“i’m gonna spend the rest of my life committing petty injustices i hope you do the same i will jay walk at every opportunity i will steal things i could easily afford i will be rude to strangers i hope you do the same i hope reincarnation is real i hope our petty crimes are enough to cause us to be r…”— Jared Singer, armedwithvisions.com