Falling in love is one of the best feelings in the world. We cherish those moments, sweet-nothings, and memories for a lifetime. When we are in love, we feel it lasts forever. But not everything goes as planned, be it life or love. Some of the best relationships can end in animosity and negativity.

Ending a relationship is one of the toughest decisions to make in life. Since it involves emotional investment, a breakup leaves us heartbroken and inconsolable. But sometimes, it is best to move on for the sake of our mental and emotional wellbeing. Read this post for some thought-provoking quotes for ending a relationship with someone.

101 Quotes For Ending A Relationship With Someone

A breakup entails suffering, trauma, and emotional turmoil, but it need not be the end of the road. Instead, it can mean the start of a new life. One needs to reconcile to the fact that the relationship has ended, and it’s time to move on.

1. “The heart was made to be broken.”- Oscar Wilde

2. “It takes bravery to end a relationship.” – Leona Lewis

3. “Love is unconditional, relationships are not.”- Grant Gudmundson

4. “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”- Bette Davis

5. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”- Victoria Holt

6. “Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.”- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

7. “Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never.”- Charles Caleb Colton

8. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe

9. “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”- Alfred Lord Tennyson

10.  “The loss of love is not nearly as painful as our resistance to accepting it is.”- Tigress Luv

11. “If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.”- Christopher Morley

12. “If love breaks more than a heart, maybe it’s a sign and time to step out.”- Anthony Liccione

13. “Just because a relationship ends, it doesn’t mean it’s not worth having.”- Sarah Mlynowski

14. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”- Hermann Hesse

15. “Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there won’t be an end.”- Tony Robbins

16. “Ever has it been that loves knows not its own death until the hour of separation.”- Khalil Gibran

17. “To meet, to know, to love and then to part, is the sad tale of many a heart.”- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

18. “In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people.”- Wayne Dyer

19. “You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them … but still move on without them.”- Mandy Hale

20. “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.”- Oprah Winfrey

21. “So often the end of a love affair is death by a thousand cuts, so often its survival is life by a thousand stitches.”- Robert Breault

22. “We had more in common than I thought we did. You were my priority. You were your priority.”― Kate McGahan

23. “End the relationships and cry once, believe me it’s better than being with them and crying daily….” – Chandramoy Indu

24. “Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it’s always a tough thing and hard to get over.”- Adam Brody

25. “Relationships end, but they don’t end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.”- Steve Martin

26. “Stop looking at the end of a relationship as a failure. leaving it behind can be a courageous choice – and an opportunity for you to be honest and authentic.” – Georgia Kolias

27. “A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.”- Dave Matthews Band

28. “The end of a relationship is not always a failure. Sometimes all the love in the world is not enough to save something. In these cases, it is not a matter of fault from either person. Some things cannot be, it’s as simple as that.”- Ashly Lorenzana

29. “When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.”― Shannon L. Alder

30. “Some people will leave you soon no matter how, but it’s not the ending of your story, it’s just the ending of their role in your story. cause life goes on, and you should just expect damage from others.”― Marouane LAASSAFAR

31. “In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.” – Robert Breault

32. “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber

33. “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” – C. JoyBell C.

34. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli

35. “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. – Washington Irving

36. “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” —Dalai Lama

37. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” – Criss Jami

38. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder

39. “It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else” – Phil McGraw

40. “What’s broken is broken — and I’d rather remember it as it was than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” – Margaret Mitchell

41. “Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life you will never be able to grow into your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow.” – DLQ

42. “Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless. But you’re not worthless. You’re underappreciated.” – Steve Maraboli

43. “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox

44. “We teach people how to treat us.” – Dr. Phil

45. “Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.” – Marianne Faithfull

46. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” – Steve Maraboli

47. “Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.” – Dan Brown

48. “Sometimes it takes heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” – Mandy Hale

49. “It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.” – Gabrielle Zevin

50. “Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.” – Shannon L. Alder

51. “And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.” – Sarah Waters

52. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.” – Katherine Mansfield

53. “You don’t have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.” – Jojo Moyes

54. “The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.” – Faraaz Kazi

55. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” – Robert Breault

56. “You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” – Mandy Hale

57. “I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.” – Cameron Dokey

58. “The hottest love has the coldest end.” — Socrates

59. “That’s all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going.” – Robyn Schneider

60. “No partner in a love relationship… should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.” – May Sarton

61. “It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.” – George Washington

62. “For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.” –Robert Breault

63. “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” – Edith Hamilton

64. “How can I let you be a priority in my life, when I’m still an option in your life?” – Hussein Nishah

65. “A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.” – Dionne Warwick

66. “Relationships are supposed to make you feel good. Relationships are not supposed to make you feel bad.” – Laura Bowers

67. “If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.” – Abraham Lincoln

68. “We are responsible for our own relationships, their successes, their failures, the good times, the bad times. Take responsibility for creating the relationships that you desire.” – Sam Owen

69. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli

70. “The wrong person will give you less than what you’re worth but that doesn’t mean that you have to accept it.” – Sonya Parker

71. “It is better for someone to break your heart once by leaving your life, than for them to stay in your life and break your heart continually.” – Terry Mark

72. “How do you know when it’s over?” “Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.” —Gunnar Ardelius

73. “When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.” — Paulo Coelho

74. “Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.” —Drake

75. “Sometimes, I don’t know what haunts me more… The memories of you… Or the happy person I used to be.” —Ranata Suzuki

76. “The course of true love did never run smooth.” — William Shakespeare

77. “Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” — L. Frank Baum

78. “Take a step back today, look at all those beautiful things you have.” — Rick Warren

79. “Breakups can be sad, but sometimes tears are the price we pay for a freedom we need.”― Steve Maraboli

80. ” God will sometimes end a relationship for your protection. Don’t chase after the person he’s trying to save you from. God will sometimes end a relationship for your protection. Don’t chase after the person he’s trying to save you from.” ― Trent Shelton

81. “I didn’t lose you. You lost me. You’ll search for me inside of everyone you’re with and I won’t be found.” — R.H. Sin

82. “Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.” – Mandy Hale

83. “The hardest thing is not talking to someone you used to talk to every day.”— SumNan

84. “I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry.” — Cat Stevens

85. “Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.” — Marian Keyes

86. “Don’t cry when the sun is gone because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” — Violeta Para

87. “No matter how hard your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.” — Faraaz Kazi

88. “We have to be whole people to find whole love, even if we have to make it up for a while.” —Cheryl Strayed

89. “The way they leave tells you everything.”—Rupi Kaur

90. ” Maybe I always told you I was leaving. Because it was the only way you’d notice my absence.” — Rudy Francisco

91. “Cheating and lying aren’t struggles, they’re reasons to break up.” — Patti Callahan Henry

92. “He’s going to be sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past, forget the pain and remember what an incredible woman you are.” —Drake

93. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” —Socrates

94. “When you leave weary of me, without a word, I shall gently let you go.” — Kim Sowol

95. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma

96. “I’m tired of fighting. For once, I want to be fought for.”— Daniel C. Davis

97. “Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” – Frank Ocean

98. “You made me feel like I was hard to love and I will never forgive you for that.”— Johnny Lauve

99. “You don’t need closure. You just need to give yourself permission to move on.” —Steve Harvey

100. “I can feel myself slowly fading from your mind.” — Hritwik Ghosh

101. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” —Paulo Coelho

Some things in life are better to remain unfixed because holding on to them hurts more than letting go. However painful the ending might be, the ideal thing to do is forgive the person, but never forget the lesson learnt. Never let the negativity of the past ruin a beautiful future.