English quotes about heartbreak
This is a collection of English quotes about heartbreak from around the world.
Words spoken by people who have gone through various experiences truly resonate, don’t they?
And even though each quote speaks of a sorrowful love, they’re so beautiful they sound like lines straight out of a movie.
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English heartbreak quotes (11–20)
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish. but that they cease to love.Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham, the British novelist and playwright, said, “The greatest tragedy in life is not that people die, but that they stop loving.” It’s said that even plants grow when spoken to kindly and wither when ignored.
I feel I can understand the idea that losing love is more serious than dying.
Loving is not just looking at each other , it’s looking in the same direction.Saint-Exupéry
These are words left by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction,” he says.
It means that the direction the two aim for—their hopes and purpose in life—should be shared, and that it’s important for both to know and recognize them.
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin
“I like walking in the rain; that way, no one can see me crying.” That’s Charlie Chaplin, the comedian known as the King of Comedy.
In his famous song “Smile,” he sings about keeping a smile even in the saddest times—but there are moments when you just want to cry, too.
That vulnerability is human—and all the more endearing.
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to loveDostoevsky
This is a passage from The Brothers Karamazov, written by a great Russian author of the 19th century: “What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being no longer able to love.” Dostoevsky could be said to have experienced intense love, and these words accurately express how love can at times be a hellish torment.
Love dies only when growth stops.Pearl Buck
Pearl Buck was an American female novelist.
She went to China (the Republic of China) with her missionary parents and grew up there.
She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her achievement with The Good Earth.
In her words, “Love dies at the moment when its growth stops,” we can sense her feelings—her love for humanity and her devotion, regardless of race, to children without families.
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.François Mauriac
François Mauriac was a French Catholic writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His works primarily focused on the struggle between egoism and religious conscience.
His remark, “People talk about love and romance, but it’s just a meeting of cowardly men and women,” may have highlighted the egoistic aspects of love and romance.
English quotes about heartbreak (21–30)
Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was an American poet, writer, and civil rights activist.
She took part in the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” The love she speaks of may be a more universal, human kind of love, but we, too, want to always believe in love and have the courage to move forward, even after heartbreak.