There is something about sad breakup poetry and lyrics that really touch your heart when you are ending a relationship.

This is a beautiful Japanese poem about a broken heart:

I Used Up This Body

I used up this body
longing
for one who does not come,
A deep valley, now,
what once was my heart.

Izumi Shikibu

If you want to read more – check out some other sad or beautiful poems about breaking up.

Here are some of my favorite breakup quotes.  I’ll be updating them frequently on my sad breakup quotes page.

Are we like couples you see in restaurants? Are we the dining dead?

Joel, from the movie Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other.  Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Katherine Hepburn

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.  I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid.  The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning.  I keep on swallowing.

C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

What kind of fear is it?  Is it fear of poverty, of loneliness, of rejection?  Then use common sense.  Don’t let the fear get infected.  Often we burn 70 percent of our emotional energy on what we fear might happen (90 percent of which won’t happen).  By devoting our energy to our other emotions, we will heal naturally.

Interview with Za Rinpoche, the Dharma King, Tibetan Spiritual Leader

Check out my other sad and inspirational breakup quotes

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I am really excited to have my 3 Simple Steps to Getting Over a Breakup Faster eBook ready for you to download.

You might feel you are stuck in your breakup.  You might worry that you think about your ex too often and that you may never get over him.

What you want is:

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• Get over him for once and for all
• To do more than the no-contact rule

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You get told ‘accept your breakup’ or ‘don’t be hard on yourself’– what does this mean?  How are you meant to do it?  In 3 Simple Steps to Getting Over a Breakup Faster, I’ll give you some easy things you can start doing today.

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