Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes

Losing love is like a window in your heart.

There's nothing deader than a dead love.

Lost love is still love.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

I had to get over [him]. For months now, a stone had been sitting on my heart. I'd shed a lot of tears over [him], lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. [Life] would be hell if I didn't shake loose from the grip he had on my heart. I most definitely didn't want to keep feeling this way, alone in a love affair meant for two. Even if he'd felt like The One. Even if I'd always thought we'd end up together. Even if he still had a choke chain on my heart.

I've given up on you...Love fades. Mine has.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all.

There is always some regret when we accept that love has moved away from us

For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitat of your heart.

I know you'll never love me like you used to.

Breakups are still uncomfortable, period, and especially when you really are in love with somebody. They are not the easiest things to deal with, and once you break up, you're trying to get used to not being with that person.

Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.

If you've ever had your heart broken, it's like, once is enough - you can live a lifetime on that. Ya know? You can write a lot of records on one broken heart.

It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.

I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'Thank God I've experienced something. Someone wanted to kiss me.' That's when it's going to be interesting: When you break up, they're taking a piece with them.

I'm very emotional: to lose love is the same as dying.

I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.

Every time you see him, you only make yourself vulnerable to further heartache. Do you really need further proof that he's getting on with his life without you?

I've never had my heart broken.

The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back.

When love is gone, there's always justice.

They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true.