Love can be a beautiful thing, but it can also leave us feeling broken and battered – literally hurt! If you’re anything like me, you’ve been there, done that, and got the t-shirt… or in this case, the scar. But don’t worry, friend, because today we’re celebrating the messy, imperfect, and utterly human experience of love with over 23 quotes about hurt love that will make you laugh, cry, and nod your head in solidarity.
Love can hurt like a broken bone, but it’s worth the pain.

The greatest risk in loving someone is that they might not feel the same way.

When love hurts more than it heals, it’s time to re-evaluate the relationship.

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while being deeply loving someone gives you courage. – Lao Tzu

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes you an attachment to a particular part of it.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

You can love someone so much that you forget about your own pain.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return. – Edmond Rostand

Where there is love, there is life.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. – J.M. Barrie

Love is the answer and you know that for sure; when all eyes are on you, you turn around, and walk away.

Don’t wait for love, go out there and make some happen.

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect; you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not. – Jodi Picoult

Love doesn’t have a time limit.

When you look at your life, don’t make it about who hurt you. Make it about how you came out better because of them.

The only thing we can do in this life is to love one another. – Albert Schweitzer

Love is a risk worth taking.

Hurt people hurt people. Love people heal people.