Healing can be one of the most difficult aspects of life to process as we can dwell on the hurtful memories that lie behind us.

Find a quote below that promotes seeing pain from a different angle or discover sayings that ease the pain of loving the wrong person. Be sure to use these hurt quotes to find solace, confront the pain, and begin healing.

1.

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart.”

-C.S. Lewis

2.

“Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.”

-Augustine of Hippo

3.

“Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

-Hermann Hesse

4.

“Love more, not less. Will you take a hit? Of course, you will. Do it anyway.”

-Bob Goff

5.

“Love though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.”

-Charles Dickens

6.

“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

-Ursula K. Le Guin

7.

“If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.”

-C.S. Lewis

8.

“Love is an incurable disease. In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same.”

-Alain de Botton

9.

“You’re allowed to leave someone you love if they’re treating you poorly, you’re allowed to put yourself first if you’re settling, and you’re allowed to walk away when you’ve tried over and over again, but nothing has changed.”

-Rania Naim

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