Even though breakups are common, heartache is something no one looks forward to. Whether the decision is mutual or due to unseen circumstances, separating from someone you've loved for so long is tough to deal with. To top it all off, the phase that comes afterward is not very exciting. You're sad all the time, somewhat confused as to how it all happened, and wishing that things can go back to the way they were. But alas, a broken heart's remedy isn't always simple. We have to go through the trauma and keep replaying every beautiful moment spent. No matter what your story is, a sad, broken heart is not easy to mend. Which is why, we have put together some quotes to mend your broken heart, that might help you see things clearly. What you need right now is a little bit of time. As we have all heard that "time is a great healer", your broken heart will be mended at some point in time. It's true that once you love someone, that love can never be replaced or forgotten. However, the pain can subside. The only thing you need to remember is, that you have to give yourself some time and believe that this too will pass. These quotes are meant to inspire you, heal you from within, and hopefully, help you see the brighter side of relationships and life altogether. Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated. - Robert McNamara Breaking up. It happens kind of suddenly. One minute, you're holding hands walking down the street, and the next minute, you're lying on the floor crying and all the good CDs are missing. - Kennedy Kasares Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. - Violeta Parra Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. - Norman Vincent Peale Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. - Anonymous God is closest to those with broken hearts. - Jewish Proverb Hearts will never be made practical until they are made unbreakable. - Tinman (The Wizard of Oz) I don't know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too. - Anonymous If someone you love hurts you cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it. - Anonymous If we must park forever, give me but one kind word to think upon, and please myself with, while my heart's breaking. - Thomas Otway It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. - J.M. Barrie Lips that taste of tears, they say are the best for kissing. - Anonymous Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. - Anonymous Love is like a puzzle. When you're in love, all the pieces fit but when your heart gets broken, it takes a while to get everything back together. - Anonymous Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. - Washington Irving Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. - Drew Barrymore Maybe part of loving is learning to let go. - The Wonder Years (television show) Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. - Charlie Brown Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. - J. K. Rowling Rejection is God's protection. - Anonymous Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. - Anonymous Sometimes I wish I were a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts. - Anonymous Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. - Alphonse de Lamartine Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. - Samuel Johnson The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends. - Gwyneth Paltrow The flame of love is now just a cold loneliness. - Uniek Swain The hottest love has the coldest end. - Socrates The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places. - Ernest Hemingway There are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field than their own hearts in their closet. - Charles Caleb Colton There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go. - Anonymous They say that if you love someone you should let them go, but they never say what to do when they don't come back. - Anonymous They say that time heals all wounds but all it's done so far is give me more time to think about how much I miss you. - Ezbeth Wilder Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew. - Anonymous We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. - Joseph Campbell What do you do when, the one who broke your heart, is the only one who can fix it? - Courtney Lynn What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you. - Richard Wilbur When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. - Alexander Graham Bell Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; love me no more, but love my love of thee. - Algernon Charles Swinburne These quotes have touched my heart in some or the other way. I really hope that these quotes can be of some help to you as well. Our lives may not be as easy as others, but we can make it better, if we really try...