Quotes in category: “Love - Sad”:

I will hold your head above the water, while the current pulls me under.

"Why am I attracted to a person I know isn't good?"
"Because you're hoping you're wrong and every time they do something that tells you they're no good you ignore it and every time they come through and surprise you they win you over and you lose that argument with yourself that they're not for you"

Head over heart; 
I'm better off without you. 
heart over head; 
I miss you.

Love was always the thing that did that- smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt. 

He's holding back, cause he knows you're falling.

Because he's a guy, and guy's don't get attached, guys don't ever give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arms length whenever possible. 

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

Let go when you're hurting too much, 
give up when love isn't enough, 
and move on when things are not like before. 
surely there is someone out there 
who will love you even more.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I had placed them. 

Be loved, but never love. Attach but never combine. Trip but never fall. To be broken is better then being shattered. Tell him of your strength but never of your past. Be trustworthy but never trust. Be cracked, but never open.

"Do you like being alone?" he asked. 
"No. No one likes being alone. But I've learned how to live with it

Do you know the most surprising thing about heartache?  It doesn't actually kill you.  Like a bullet to the heart, or a head-on car wreck, it should.  When someone you've promised to cherish forever says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.  You shouldn't have to wake up day after day after that, trying to understand how in the world you didn't know.

Stop burning bridges and drive off of them, so I can forget about you.

Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?

All of us search for love, but some of us, after we've found it, wish we hadn't.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus energy on something other than the ache in my heart.

Sometimes we feel complete... feel like we've found a place to stand, other times we just... we feel lost... lonely... like something is missing. Me? I feel like something is missing, but I'll put on my smile and I'll do my job... I'll laugh and be okay... because well.. thats what we do isnt it?

Its like I'm in a room full of people screaming, and no one even looks up.

When the men betray you-and they will betray you-use this as an opportunity to forgive, as a heighted experience from which you can make music, write poetry, paint paintings. Believe me, you will be privy to a world that's more vivid than your crayons-more colorful than those snapshots your father is so fond of. A place where your creativity is queen. so plunge in, say yes, fall recklessly in love. Feel more deeply than your friends do. Hit the heights, descend into the depths. Kiss the lads smack on the lips and move on-like it did. I survived love and you will too.

I don't know why we all hang onto something we know we're better off letting go. It's like we're scared to lose what we don't really have. Some of us say we'd rather have that something 
than nothing, but the truth is to have it halfway is harder than not having it at all.

After a while, you get sick of caring and you're too hurt to fight. Sometimes no matter what you do, things won't be alright .

The truly painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said, and never explained.

I can't take it any longer 
But my will is gettin' stronger 
And I think I know just what I have to do 
I can't waste another minute 
After all that I put in it 
I've given you my best 
Why does she get the best of you 
So next time you'll find 
You wanna leave her bed for mine 
Why don't you stay 
I'm up off my knees 
I'm so tired of bein' lonely 
You can't give me what I need.

I feel like I'm mourning the death of the single most important thing in my life: us.

It was kind of like automatic pilot; I just shut down and retreated, my brain clicking off before anything that hurt could sink in.