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Heartbreaking Quotes

When feeling runs deepest.

These heartbreaking quotes sit alongside genuine joy, showing how both can exist in the same life at once. Explore related feelings in our Emotion quotes.

Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was...

Quotes by Faye Resnick

We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go to China, even Mexico, Brazil the education systems are valued - ours are not in this...

Quotes by Douglas R. Oberhelman

Sometimes people break your heart enough that it's not heartbreaking anymore.

Quotes by Dayton Callie

I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as well - and it's heartbreaking that people can see something and not feel it.

Quotes by Clare-Hope Ashitey

I think I'll probably be pregnant all through my 30s. I've always pictured everyone around the table for the holidays and together once a week. It'll be heartbreaking if it doesn't end up happening, but hopefully it will. We've got...

Quotes by Chrissy Teigen

Of course I loved 'I Love Lucy' and saw every episode over and over again. I found it heartbreaking that Ricky got to be famous and have an exciting life at the Tropicana while Lucy was stuck in that terrible...

Quotes by Bruce Eric Kaplan

You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things...

Quotes by Betty White

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Quotes by B. C. Forbes

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

Quotes by Annie Lennox

'One Day' is definitely heartbreaking in a few ways, but one of the main ways is that my character and Jim Sturgess's character are just people from two different worlds who love each other in so many ways and can't...

Quotes by Anne Hathaway

I have two cousins with juvenile diabetes. They both contracted the disease before the age of 5, and it was so heartbreaking watching them go through daily blood tests and injections. It is such a difficult disease to live with...

Quotes by Amy Robach

It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business.

Quotes by Alice Ripley

Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind - because if you can't trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust?

Quotes by Alexandra Bracken

If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.

Quotes by Aimee Mullins

I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a...

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of moments do these heartbreaking quotes cover?
They range from personal sadness behind public success to concern for children lacking basic needs like a home.
Do these quotes only describe sadness, or joy too?
One quote pairs both, admitting that fame brings good and difficult stretches side by side rather than one or the other.
Is there a quote connected to humanitarian work?
Yes, one speaks about wanting to help provide basic necessities and steady work after witnessing hardship firsthand.
What's said about children specifically?
One quote reflects on how troubling it is that so many young ones feel unwanted or uncared for growing up.
Which topic pairs naturally with this one?
Our Love quotes often carry the same emotional weight from a different angle.

Others focus on children who feel unwanted, a weight described as hard to shake even at night. For more, see our Impact and Love quotes.