“It's sad isn't it? I once thought worlds of you and now you're just another lesson.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“You wanna know how I got these scars? I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile.”— Rudy Francisco, youtube.com
“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 Dìaz, amazon.com
“30. We emotionally manipulated one another until we thought it was love. 31. Forgive me, I was lonely so I chose you.”— Warsan Shire, youtube.com
“Once, I believed in you like a poem, turned your heart into a metaphor for my heart, turned our mouths into honey and caramel lozenges. But metaphors come and metaphors go, and not even seasons have the courtesy to stay till dawn.”— Shinji Moon, amazon.com
“If I read our story backwards, it’s about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you forgot about me forever.”— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, amazon.com
“He never broke my heart. He only turned it into a compass that always points me back to him.”— Clementine Von Radics, clementinevonradicspoems.tumblr.com
“In the future...if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again...fall in love with me.”— Colleen Hoover, amazon.com
“I hope you know that no one will love you like I did. That's not bitter, or resentful, it's just the truth.”— Azra T., 5000letters.tumblr.com
“Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.”— Carlos Ruiz Zafon, amazon.com
“Of course I wanted him to love me. To play house where I was his wife and he my salesman always leaving late for work.”— Mitchell King, spilledmilkmagazine.com
“This is the last poem where you love me and how I learn to hate myself.”— Mtichell King, spilledmilkmagazine.com
“...I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. Through nights like this one I held her in my arms I kissed her again and again under the endless sky. She loved me sometimes, and I loved her too. How could one not have loved her great still eyes. Tonight I can write th…”— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com
“And when he kisses me it tastes like love but his love tastes a lot like leaving.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”— Barbara Kingsolver, amazon.com
“I still search for you in crowds, in empty fields and soaring clouds. In city lights and passing cars, on winding roads and wishing stars.”— Lang Leav, amazon.com
“I am slowly learning that some people are not good for me, no matter how much I love them. I deserve someone who is gentle and kind, because my soul is getting tired. Realizing that I deserve something good is one of the first steps.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com