The lack of love is, perhaps, the worst moment we have to go through in this life, and, unfortunately, the one that every human being has experienced. Some people handle it better than others, but when our first love breaks our heart, it takes us a while to recover from this ups and downs.

Love can go wrong

Our emotions do not let us sleep or think clearly , and some individuals even lose the desire to eat. Serious cases of disaffection can lead some people to suffer a depressive and obsessive process, and the acceptance of the departure of that person we have loved so much becomes necessary to move forward. That is, to keep on living.

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Top 75 sentences on falling out of love

Love and lack of love have inspired many novels, poems, films and songs, as they arouse great public interest. That is why today, from Psychology and Mind , we have prepared an article that you will like. Below you can enjoy the best sentences about falling in love:

1. You have to learn to leave the table when love is no longer served (Nina Simone)

The only way to overcome the lack of love is to accept that it is over . Otherwise, it will be difficult to manage the situation and the damage will not let you live.

2. It is hard to forget someone you have imagined spending the rest of your life with (Unknown)

The hardest thing to overcome in a breakup is those memories of the other person. But if you had high hopes and you were going to be with him or her for the rest of your life, getting your feet back on the ground is really difficult.

3. The absence of the one we love is worse than death and frustrates hope more severely than despair (William Cowper)

There are psychologists who say that falling out of love can be more painful than the death of someone . Why? Because death has a mourning process that ends with acceptance. There are cases, but, for example, the other person can live close by or make life impossible for you, so the suffering is prolonged for a long time.

4. Sometimes a simple “I miss you” changes everything (Unknown)

Pride can lead us to spoil a beautiful love relationship , because communication disappears and there is a barrier between both actors. But there are situations in which the dialogue could have ended differently, and when we tell someone that we miss them, it is much better than fighting.

5. Missing someone special brings tears to your heart, but remembering all the good times brings a smile to your face

The good moments you have shared with someone should be a great memory . But when someone leaves and you think you can’t be with that person, sadness floods in.

6. Continue to share your heart with others even if they have broken it. Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic (Amy Poehler)

It is common when our hearts are broken that we close ourselves off and find it hard to open them up again to other people. The sooner we get over it, the sooner we will feel better.

7. When you miss someone, time seems to move more slowly, and when I fall in love with someone, time seems to pass more quickly (Taylor Swift)

Love makes us euphoric and in full swing thanks to neurotransmitters such as dopamine. On the other hand, when we miss someone, sadness comes over us.

8. Missing someone is your heart reminding you that you love them (unknown)

When we speak of the heart in love, we are actually referring to the head . Therefore, when we miss someone it is our memory that reminds us of that person.

9. Nothing makes a room more empty than wanting someone to be in it (Unknown)

When that person we love so much is with us, we are in heaven . On the other hand, when that person we are sighing for is far away from us, we feel in absolute solitude.

10. Not to be loved is a simple misfortune, the real misfortune is not to love (Albert Camus)

Not to be loved is hard , but it is sadder not to have loved anyone in life nor to know how beautiful love is.

11. The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference (Elie Wiesel)

When we hate someone we have loved, we actually still feel love for that person . Therefore, we can’t say that we don’t love them anymore. When love is gone, indifference appears.

12. Because love, when it doesn’t die, kills. Because loves that kill never die (Joaquín Sabina)

Joaquin Sabina makes a play on words in this part of his song. He comes to say that when they leave us and we continue to love, we die of love, because true loves never die .

13. The worst way to miss someone is to sit next to them and know that you can never have them (Gabriel García Márquez)

You can accept that you are not loved and stay away from that person for a while until you are better. But when you continue to see that person, and on top of that he is still someone close to you, it becomes a real ordeal .

14. Love is so short and oblivion is so long (Pablo Neruda)

There are loves that, because they are ephemeral and intense, it takes a lifetime to forget them , says the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda with this phrase.

15. You can forget the one you laughed with but not the one you cried with (Gibran Jalil Gibran)

When you meet that person who is capable of reaching the depths of your heart … then it’s hard not to remember them.

16. There are sores that do not heal, and they last a lifetime (popular saying)

This sentence compares the lack of love as a sore that does not heal . When the love of your life breaks your heart, the wound can remain open for a long time.

17. To offer friendship to one who asks for love is like giving bread to one who is dying of thirst (Ovid)

This sentence states that it is impossible to be friends with someone you love . When there is love there is, and when there is not, there is not. It is simple.

18. Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really be broken once. The rest are scratches (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)

There is nothing like the first love, the one that raises us to the top . The fall is so strong that, when we recover, nothing is the same anymore. Then we love, but in a different way.

19. The most difficult is not the first kiss, but the last one (Paul Géraldy)

Giving the first kiss to the person you want is one of the most extraordinary experiences that human beings can enjoy. But the last kiss, the one that says goodbye, is the opposite: hell.

20. There is no such thing as love in peace. It is always accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and deep sadness (Paulo Coelho)

Great loves always have a high degree of intensity , not only in moments of intimacy, but also in conflicts. Besides, there is another phrase that says, close loves are the most loved. Is it true?

21. I don’t know what I prefer anymore: to be hated from my heart… or to be loved without love (Ricardo Arjona)

Hating you from the heart means that deep down he loves you . On the other hand, to love you without love, is that he is with you but does not love you.

22. Love is like a war, easy to start, hard to finish, impossible to forget (Henry-Louis Mencken)

As we have already said, love usually has moments of intense conflict due to the great feeling that floods the hearts of the two lovers. The truth is that when it has been a true love, it is almost impossible to forget.

23. He who does not love you as you are, does not deserve to be remembered (Niki Lauda)

This sentence is to say that you should not waste your time and energy on someone who does not think of you or value you . So you have to accept it when it is over .

24. We are easily deceived by those we love (Molière)

When we love someone with all our strength, we become vulnerable . No matter how strong we are, no one is free from love for that person.

25. Kisses that come laughing, then crying go away, and in them goes life, which will never come back (Miguel de Unamuno)

And the joy of the first kisses is accompanied by crying and sadness if the love ends. To think that you will never kiss those lips again is not easy to accept.

26. Where lovers break up forever is the monument of their farewell. You will see it again intact and marble as many times as you pass by this place (Ramón Gómez de la Serna)

A reflection on love that can make us think about several things.

27.The worst pain is that of not being loved (John Lennon)

The legendary Beatles guitarist left us this phrase full of truth. Loneliness is the worst sentence .

28.Loves are like empires: when the idea on which they were built disappears, they too perish (Milan Kundera)

A nice metaphor by the great romantic writer Milan Kundera.

29.A man who has not passed through the hell of his passions, has never overcome them (Carl Gustav Jung)

The psychoanalyst reflects on the capacity to overcome internal conflicts.

30.How many things were left on, even inside my soul, how many lights you left on, I don’t know how I’m going to turn them off (Chavela Vargas)

A phrase of poetic dislike of the great Mexican singer Chavela Vargas.

31.Where there was water, there are still sighing (Anonymous)

An anonymous quote to be freely interpreted.

32.You can forget the one you laughed with but not the one you cried with (Khalil Gibran)

Good moments can remain long in the memory, but unique moments can also be a flood of emotions .

33.Love is like a war, easy to start, hard to finish, impossible to forget (Henry-Louis Mencken)

A beautiful phrase that contains a great reality. To forget a love is practically impossible .

34. He only spent ten minutes with the love of his life, and thousands of hours thinking about him (Paulo Coelho)

There is no doubt that we are very vulnerable with those we love. That is why we are so affected by break-ups .

35. Do not mourn a love that died for lack of interest (Danns Vega)

Even in relationships, self-interest still exists. In this reflection, the need to remember what is in one’s best interest is emphasized.

36. One day you will realize that you lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones (Turcois Ominek)

One of the most painful things about separations has to do with the blow to self-esteem they can deal. However, it is good to keep in mind that over time things look different .

37. Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over (Guy Finley)

Understanding separations as a new birth is possible.

38. Sometimes life separates people so that they realize what they mean to each other (Paulo Coelho)

This is one of the phrases about lack of love that focuses on the positive, on the future possibilities that are created by a separation.

39. Never love someone who treats you as if you were normal (Oscar Wilde)

Oscar Wilde portrays the passionate and sentimental nature of relationships.

40. Monotony makes for a bad threesome in love (Danns Vega)

Routine can be one of the elements that hinder the healthy evolution of a relationship.

41. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Love and relationships are, after all, a way of living life intensely. This phrase about breakups and complicated relationships is a reminder of that.

42. The heart is made to be broken (Oscar Wilde)

There are many ways to interpret this quote by Oscar Wilde . One of them is to think that it expresses a pessimistic view of love, although it could also refer to our ability to move forward in spite of our broken hearts.

43. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional (M. Kathleen Casey)

This reflection shows us that we have the possibility of avoiding that pain be transformed into suffering . Very useful in the area of difficult relationships.

44. Some believe that it is holding on that makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go (Anonymous)

Letting go of old habits and ways of relating is something that sometimes makes us freer and more self-sufficient.

45. The hottest love has the coldest ending (Socrates)

One of Socrates’ unloving phrases refers to relationships that are basically based on passions.

47. Love is unconditional, but relationships are not (Grant Gudmunson)

An apparent paradox based on the difference between love and the relationships on which it is based.

48. I don’t miss him, I miss who I thought he was (Anonymous)

A reflection to be taken into account: in love it’s very easy to have a false image of the other person , because of the way you can idealize someone.

49. The loss of a love is not as painful as our reluctance to accept that it has occurred (Tigress Luv)

The pain produced by such abstract ideas as the loss of someone can be worse than not seeing that person. One of the unloving phrases that call our attention to the possibility of attending to the way we think after a loss or a break-up.

50. Sometimes we have to realize that certain people can remain in our hearts, but not in our lives (Sandi Lynn)

Living with a person’s memories is a way to not feel so separated from them.

51. He who has not lived, has not loved. He who has not loved has not lived (Unknown)

Love and lack of love, although they may be painful at times, are unique experiences that make us feel alive .

52. Love ends, but memory never ends (Unknown)

Those who have had a great love know that even if they have not seen each other for years, the memory remains forever.

53. Where there was fire, there are ashes (popular saying)

Along the lines of the previous love affair phrases, a true love rarely falls into oblivion.

54. Never give anyone a chance to waste your time twice (Unknown)

We can trip once, but not twice with the same stone. A lesson for life and for love.

55. Behind a great woman, she is always herself (Unknown)

A phrase to vindicate the courage of women.

56. Those who hurry away are those who never intended to stay (Unknown)

If someone leaves at the first sign of change, they may never really want to be with you.

57.Apologizing is for smart people. To forgive is from wise people (Unknown)

Forgiveness is always painful, but it helps us move forward.

58.Everything began with a smile, followed by a kiss, and ended in a story (Unknown)

The cycle of falling in love and love . Little by little, what was simply a gesture, became a beautiful love story.

59. Does he who waits always suffer more than he who never waited for anyone? (Pablo Neruda)

Mythical prayer of the Chilean poet. Are love stories worth having, even though they may go wrong? Each person must answer this uncomfortable question.

60. I love, you love, he loves, we love, you love, they love. I wish it were not conjugation but reality (Mario Benedetti)

A play on words that expresses tenderness and sadness at the same time.

61.Poetry is born of pain. Joy is an end in itself (Pablo Neruda)

A freely interpretable phrase for both moments of disappointment and when we start a relationship.

62.Some things from the past disappeared but others open a gap to the future and they are the ones I want to rescue (Mario Benedetti)

A melancholy phrase but at the same time rescues a positive thought.

63.Trust in time, which usually gives sweet solutions to many bitter difficulties (Miguel de Cervantes)

Phrase applicable to love, lack of love and life in general.

64.Those of you who suffer because you love: love even more; to die of love is to live (Victor Hugo)

Loving disappointment can be seen in a positive way, as something that stimulates us to feel and to live.

65.Passions are like the winds, which are necessary to give movement to everything, even if they often cause hurricanes (Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle)

From the most longed-for passions are born the most fearsome problems in life . A brilliant reflection by the French writer.

66.We never forgive more than those we have an interest in forgiving (Jules Renard)

The French playwright acknowledges an uncomfortable reality: we only forgive people who, for some reason, are useful to us.

67.If you cry because you have lost the sun, the tears will not let you see the stars (Tagore)

The Indian writer gives us this beautiful metaphor.

68.Love is like wine, and like wine it comforts some and destroys others (Stefan Zweig)

Another subtle metaphor that shows us the goodness and defects of love . Some people find it wonderful, and others are left with nothing.

69. When a love is not reciprocated, close that door so that a window can be opened (Unknown)

It’s not worth getting hung up on just one possibility. If someone denies us their love, other options will arise, soon.

70.Knowing how to forget, more is happiness than art (Baltasar Gracián)

It is a question of luck, of being able to easily forget the people who have marked us.

71.First love is a little madness and a great curiosity (George Bernard Shaw)

Whatever years pass by, first love is never forgotten, it always remains in the most sacred of memories.

72. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. (Robin Sharma)

A famous quote to put your eyes on the horizon.

73. Stab the body and it will heal, hurt the heart and the wound will last a lifetime. (Mineko Iwasaki)

Emotional wounds tend to be much more lasting than physical wounds.

74. The emotion that can break your heart, sometimes is the same that is capable of healing it. (Nicholas Sparks)

About the healing capacity of intense emotions.

75. If you do not remember the slightest folly into which love drove you, you have not loved. (William Shakespeare)

A line of love from the quintessential playwright, author of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

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