Let’s be honest here, breakups are one of the hardest experiences that you go through in life. While dating can be tough enough, when things don’t go well in a relationship and you have to say goodbye, for better or for worse, it's never easy. Whether you’ve been together for just a couple of weeks or for several years, ending things with someone that you have given your heart and love to can leave you feeling heartbroken and lost. While you're trying to get over a split, reading breakup quotes that just get how you feel or inspire you to move on, can help.
Looking for a breakup quote that says exactly what you're feeling? Or an Instagram caption for that photo that you're about to put up on your profile to show them exactly how you’re doing? There are plenty of songs and quotes out there that will say the things you can't.
From uplifting to sad and even funny, here are best breakup quotes for everything you're feeling.
Uplifting Breakup Quotes
"If someone can walk away from you, let them walk."
"It’s better to be single with a standard than losing yourself for approval."
"Don’t let someone who isn’t worth your love make you forget how much you are worth."
"Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it."
"A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just His way of letting you realize that He saved you from the wrong one."
"Some things break your heart but fix your vision."
"Starting today, I need to forget what's gone. Appreciate what still remains and look forward to what's coming next."
"Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser."
"I will not allow myself to not feel chosen every single day. And I’ll wait till whenever that is." — Hannah Brown
"Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together."
"No boyfriend, no problems."
"Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."
"Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be."
"Don't be afraid to start over. It’s a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want."
"Inhale the future, exhale the past."
"Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened." — Dr. Seuss
"The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet." — Mohadesa Najumi
"Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser." —Drake
"Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you." – Frank Ocean
"Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together" — Marilyn Monroe
"We have to be whole people to find whole love" — Cheryl Strayed
Sad Breakup Quotes
"The people that are quick to walk away are the ones that never intended to stay."
"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." — The Wizard of Oz
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." — Mark Twain
"The hardest thing I'll ever do is walk away still loving you."
"Six letters, two words, easy to say, hard to explain, harder to do: Move on."
"Love is unconditional. Relationships are not."
"The hottest love has the coldest end." — Socrates
"We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." – Joseph Campbell
"If you really want closure... at some point, you have to shut the door." — Jacki Wells Wunderlin
"Sometimes, your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows."
"You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one."
"What do you do when the person who broke your heart is the only one who can fix it?"
"Sharp is the arrows of a broken heart." — Cassandra Clare
"The way they leave tells you everything."— Rupi Kaur, Answers
"The toughest part of letting go is realizing the other person already did."— Lalla
"A relationship, I think, is like a shark. It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark." — Alvy Singer, Annie Hall
"Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the one person who you thought would never hurt you." — Gugu Mofokeng
Funny Breakup Quotes
"I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back." — Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I'm no longer following my heart. It keeps giving me bad directions."
"Please don't be fooled by Adele. You'll never find someone like me."
"If they are stupid enough to walk away, be smart enough to let them go."
"One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones." — Turcois Ominek
"I hope you step on a Lego."
"Only time can heal his heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs." — Miss Piggy
"I like my relationships like I like my eggs — over easy." — Jared Kintz
"Love lasts about seven years. That’s how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves." — Francoise Sagan
"If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" — RuPaul
"Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because he is finally someone else’s problem."
"We need to take our relationship to the previous level."
"Our relationship is like my financial status: broke."
"You’ve never really had your heart broken until you have to block and delete everything after a breakup."
Music Breakup Quotes
"You're doing great out there without me, baby/Like a damn sociopath"– 'good 4 u' by Olivia Rodrigo
"Once upon a time, it was made for us (For us)/ Woke up one day, it had turned to dust/ Baby, we were found, but now we're lost/ So it's time to let it go."– 'Slide Away' by Miley Cyrus
"I cannot play myself again/I should just be my own best friend"– 'Tears Dry On Their Own' by Amy Winehouse
"Three: Don't be his friend/You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the mornin'/And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him"–'New Rules' by Dua Lipa
"Falling for you was my mistake." — 'Call Out My Name' by The Weeknd
"Did it frighten you, how we kissed when we danced on the light up floor?" — 'Green Light' by Lorde
"Does it ever get lonely, thinking you could live without me?" — 'Without Me' by Halsey
"Gonna love myself, no, I don’t need anybody else." — 'Love Myself' by Hailee Steinfeld
"Thank you, next." — 'Thank U, Next' by Ariana Grande
"My ex asked me, 'Where you movin'?' I said, 'On to better things.'" — '10 Bands' by Drake
"We are never ever, ever getting back together." — 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' by Taylor Swift
"You made my heart break and that made me who I am." — 'Shout Out to My Ex' by Little Mix
"It’s unfair that I still care and I wonder where you are tonight. Thinking it could be different. But maybe we missed it."—Tori Kelly, 'It Should’ve Been Us'
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind
Tamara Fuentes is the current Entertainment Editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers TV, movies, books, celebrities, and more. She can often be found in front of a screen fangirling about something new. Before joining Cosmopolitan, she was the entertainment editor over at Seventeen. She is also a member of the Television Critics Association and the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
