Valentine’s Day can feel like the whole world is wrapped up in love stories, roses, and candlelit dinners, but for many, it’s a day that highlights an empty space in their lives.
Whether you’re someone who’s never found that great love to live out your Julia Roberts rom-com moment, or you are going through the unfortunate experience of suffering heartache, it’s okay to feel a little down on February 14th.
Words have a way of reaching within us, resonating when nothing else seems to help. Here are 25 Broken Heart Sad Valentines Day Quotes & Messages to help you through this rough day.
This is a post of 25 Broken Heart Sad Valentines Day Quotes & Messages, as part of our Valentines series of posts.
25 Broken Heart Sad Valentines Day Quotes & Messages
As Oscar Wilde said, “The heart was made to be broken,” but that doesn’t mean it won’t mend.
Reading sad Valentine’s Day quotes that articulate what you’re feeling can validate your emotions and remind you that you’re not alone. Likewise, listening to your favorite sad song by Katy Perry, or reading the quirky but comforting stories of Neil Gaiman or Charles Dickens, can sometimes be the little catharsis we need to start healing.
Self-love and self-care is important, especially on days like Valentine’s Day. You might want to turn off the social media highlight reels and focus on what makes you happy—your favorite hobbies, a good book, or even a nostalgic movie like Kate Winslet in The Holiday.
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25 Broken Heart Sad Valentines Day Quotes & Messages
Loneliness isn’t always about heartbreak. Sometimes, it’s about waiting for something you’ve never had but long for deeply.
If you’re feeling like that little girl with skinned knees, still learning the tough lessons of life and love, know that you’re not alone in those first days of adulting.
Valentine’s Day can be the perfect time to redefine what the word love means to you. Show kindness to yourself, embrace small joys, and lean on a close friend if you need to. After all, even Great Expectations teaches us that love, in all its forms, has the power to heal.
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Literary Quotes
- “Love should not be burdensome or cause pain. If it does, it isn’t love—it’s something else.”
– Paulo Coelho - “Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.”
– Dylan Thomas - “What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” – Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
- “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
- “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.”
– Sufi Proverb - “You can’t look back—you just have to put the past behind you and find something better in your future.” – Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls
Song Lyrics
- “I was screaming for something and shaking the sky, and when you looked in my eyes, you said goodbye.” – Taylor Swift, Bigger Than the Whole Sky
- “Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.” – Adele, Someone Like You
- “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
– The Beatles, The End - “And now you’re just a ghost when I walk in my head.” – Lorde, Writer in the Dark
- “And when we buried our love in the wintery grave, the snow was melted only by the flames.”
– Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
Movie and TV Quotes
- “You know, it’s funny when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.” – BoJack Horseman
- “You meet thousands of people, and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person, and your life is changed forever.” – Love and Other Drugs
- “Sometimes we love people so much that we have to numb the pain, because if we felt how much we really loved them, it would kill us.” – Riding in Cars with Boys
- “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Moulin Rouge
- “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” – The Wizard, The Wizard of Oz
- “To love is to burn, to be on fire.” – Jane Eyre
- “Sometimes, the thing you love most is the thing you have to let go.” – Good Will Hunting
- “It’s not the letting go that hurts, it’s the holding on.” – P.S. I Love You
Hopeful and Comforting Quotes
- “Sometimes you have to accept that some people are only meant to stay in your heart, not in your life.” – Unknown
- “A broken heart bleeds tears, but it also waters the seeds of future happiness.” – Unknown
- “You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart.”
– Derek Walcott, Love After Love - “This too shall pass, as every sorrow and joy eventually does.” – Persian Proverb
- “Your heart will heal, and you’ll fall in love again with someone who makes you feel whole.” – Unknown
25 Broken Heart Sad Valentines Day Quotes & Messages
At the end of the day, brighter days are ahead, even if they feel far off now.
Like Stephen King said, “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”.
Want more? Now is the perfect time to have a look at the Valentine section of the blog for all kinds of ideas and inspiration for Valentine’s Day. You can find Valentine’s inspiration for your best friend, family members and of course funny love quotes for your romantic partner.
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