114 One Side Love Quotes For The Lonely Heart

Are you in search of that one special quote that perfectly conveys your feelings and your struggles after you fell in love with someone who doesn’t return your affections?

Falling in love is a beautiful thing, but it isn’t always reciprocated. Being in unrequited love is tough and painful, and it can sometimes feel like there’s no end in sight.

Despite the heartache and the hardship, there are countless stories of people dealing with this very situation despite the lack of closure.

For many, finding solace and understanding can be difficult when they’re going through such an experience.

While it may seem like nobody understands what you’re experiencing, one-sided romantics have found comfort through quotes that relate to their situations.

Here are some inspirational one side love quotes to help anyone struggling with unrequited love find courage and strength to get through this difficult time.

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114 One Side Love Quotes For The Lonely Heart

“Unrequited Love is the painful realization that the object of your affection will never feel the same as you do.”
“One sided love is better than no love at all, even if it would put an everlasting mark on your heart.”
“One-sided love has a great deal of sorrow, while two-sided love has a happiness unmatched by any other experience.”
“Being with someone who doesn’t want to be with you causes a kind of emotional suffering you can’t explain, like being in limbo and not having control over it or have a say in it. You exist for only one purpose in someone’s life without them ever giving anything in exchange— merely being around when they need somebody to make themselves complete or whole.”
“Love does not arise from economic needs nor does it develop from social progress; love is just there, mysteriously passing continuously between two hearts without purpose but only for its own sake…One sided love is poor and bitter but still many lucky people enjoy its sweet agony.”
“It takes more than three words and a flower to make it right, because wrong isn’t something you can overwritten.”
“The hardest thing about a one side Love…is its impact last until the end of time..”
“One-sided love is just as valid as any other kind. Your feelings matter and should not be dismissed.”
“It takes strength to endure a one-sided love, and an even greater strength to let it go.”
“The surest way to fail at loving someone is to one-sidedly accept all their faults without expecting them to take responsibility too.”
“Loving someone means you have the power to make them cry with a single thought, but also the power of making that same person happy with a single act of kindness”
“My biggest regret in life was giving my all in a one sided love affair– I thought that if I could give enough, eventually she would fill me back up in return”
“Sometimes I wish I had never invested so much in a relationship where I ended up getting nothing in return– accepting one sided love will only beget this result.”
“One sided love hurts more when it isn’t returned, but it’s still worth experiencing because it teaches us how compatible were two people really were”
“Sometimes it takes years to truly realize that loving someone doesn’t mean they’ll love you back.”
“One sided love is better than none at all because it still teaches you a lesson about friendship and trust.”
“Loving someone who doesn’t love you is like trying to fly with just one wing—you will always be pulled down eventually.”
“One-sided love gives you an opportunity to test your strength and try your best to survive without them despite wanting them so badly in your life.”
“The worst part about having a one-sided crush is believing there could be something more than what’s actually evident on the surface.”
“One sided love literally means having only half hearted affection towards somebody.”
“I won’t settle for someone else’s love when I can stay in love with myself.”
“I used to think I had a one-sided crush on you but now I realize my feelings weren’t even half as strong as yours.”
“You deserve someone who loves you back just as much as you deserve the world…don’t forget that!”
“It hurts giving all this love when at times my efforts are lost like yesterday’s newspaper pitch”
“One sided loves aren’t bad people…they are just people who don’t know how valuable their own worth is.”
“One sided love is never easy and never forgotten.”
“The hardest thing in the world is loving someone who doesn’t feel the same way you do.”
“When you have one-sided love all your energy and passion goes towards something that will never work out in real life.”
“It’s difficult to know when it’s time to stop trying, and when it’s time to give up on a relationship that’s one-sided.”
“It hurts more when your own happiness isn’t as important to someone as their own.”
“Sometimes we can fall for people who don’t feel the same about us and this teaches us a very painful lesson about loving ourselves first.”
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
Maybe you never cared, maybe you never will, but I loved you with my whole heart and always will.
“It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let them know how you feel.”
“There are some things that cannot be understood fully until we experience them for ourselves – like having one-sided love.’
Love is a feeling that can keep you together despite being miles apart from each other. But if it is only one-sided then all the effort gone into it just fades away in thin air.”
“One-sided love isn’t quite a failure as long as you can move forward with understanding what went wrong and what kind of steps to take next time around.”
“Your one sided love might remain unrequited and there is nothing wrong with it? It does not mean that your feelings lack value or importance just because they were not shared.”
“When a person loves you from one side only, do not expect anything from them without proving your worth first.”
“The saddest thing in the world is loving someone who used to love you.”
“Unrequited love is one of the greatest torments of life, and it’s innocence makes it so much more painful.”
“Love is such a romantic emotion and it hurts even more when it turns out to be just one-sided.”
“It’s hard to think of things to do with my heart after you left it so empty and broken from your one-sided love.”
“I used to think I was strong for walking away when things got tough, but now I realize that staying in something so one sided was actually a lot harder than leaving ever could have been.”
“One-sided love can never be an ideal love, not because of anything else but because it lacks balance, true purity and acceptance.”
“One sided lover somehow gets satisfaction knowing that they loved truly while another didn’t give them any value or attention! What they don’t understand that satisfaction doesn’t come with love until two people are included! It’s not true love unless its reciprocated.”
“I thought that loving you was a one sided act, but in the end I realized it was all a mutual feeling.”
“I only want your love and yet I get none in return…but this doesn’t mean I will stop loving you.”
“Despite all your rejections and discouragements, I am still here loving you like this isn’t even true.”
“Giving someone my love may be a one-sided thing, but at least that single-sidedness has made me so strong.”
“After all these years I still have no idea why you don’t reciprocate my feelings of love towards you! But fine, if that’s what it takes—I will play along with your one-sided love forever!”
“Even though things are different now between us, nothing can ever change the fact that once upon time—you had my heart one-sidedly!”
“Unreciprocated love often hurts the most. But it teaches us the best lessons about courage & resilience.”
“One-sided love is just as valid as any other kind of love. It may be unrequited and painful but that doesn’t make it any less real or important.”
“You can try hating me, ignore me, reject me, deny my existence, but you will never be able to forget me because I still exist in the depths of your heart and mind.”
“Sometimes it’s better to be alone; nobody can hurt you that way.”
“One-sided love is a false hope; no matter how hard you try, you can never expect something in return.”
“Unconditional love is not selfish; it’s one sided because there are no expectations.”
“Our story didn’t have an ending…but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t beautiful while it lasted”.
“Sometimes one-sided love isn’t so bad after all; It teaches you how to value and appreciate yourself without needing anyone else’s validation or approval.”
“I used to think that love was finding someone who was perfect, but now I realize that it is about finding someone who will make all the imperfections perfect.”
“Love isn’t finding someone you can live with, it’s finding someone you can’t live without.”
“One-sided love is just as good as no love at all. At least you still have the hope that maybe one day they’ll feel the same way you do.”
“Even if one sided love isn’t accepted by society, it still exists in its full power and beauty.”
“The greatest pain of one sided love is not being able to confess your feelings to the other person.”
“Loving without expectation is true strength of one sided love.”
“To perfectly hide your pain, smile often and act happy no matter how much a hole burning inside over this one sided love.”
“You have no idea how hard it is to force myself to stop thinking about you.”
“If only my heart had a lock, you would have the key.”
“I hide all my scars with a mask of make-believe; Pretending that I’m happy when I’m feeling incomplete.”
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness, but manifestations of strength.”
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.
“Your presence in my life is like the sun, you are always there but I can’t always feel your warmth.”
“My unrequited love for you has been a long journey, that begins anew each morning with me waking up to a new dawn of hope and possibilities.”
“You are the dream that I am chasing; although no matter how much I try, it will never be in reach.”
“You might not be mine, but at least you are in my heart where no one else can take away the love I have for you.”
“My love may be one-sided, but it’s true and pure as it comes from deep within my heart”
“I still hope for something better because nothing stops me from loving you even when all I can do is keep thoughts of you alive.”
“Although unseen and unheard by you, my prayer will forever be for us to one day cross paths again.”
“In one sided love, you always feel alone; but being alone is much better than loving a person who could never appreciate your feelings.”
“One-sided love is like pouring water into a cup with a hole in it; all you are left with is an empty heart and tears down your face.”
“My heart is so heavy because of the one-sided love that I am bearing for someone special; nothing can be done now but to wait for the time when this pain will go away from my life forever.”
“One-sided love can kill someone from inside because loving someone with expectation hurts more when you don’t get anything in return, like feeling of comfort or appreciation for all your efforts.”
“It’s not only about pain when you are madly in one sided love it’s also about incompleteness and longing your whole life which can not be satisfied.”
“Love is simple but still one sided love makes us befuddled, no matter how hard we try there’s always something missing.”
“One sided heart break hurt as much as two side heart break, what matters the most side of the equation love comes from.”
“One-sided love is just as valid as any other kind of love. Don’t be ashamed for loving someone who doesn’t love you back; it makes you brave and strong to love with all your heart, even if it’s not reciprocated.”
“Loving someone from a distance, even if they don’t know that you exist, is a sign of bravery, resilience, and compassion because you are being brave enough to risk your own feelings for the sake of beauty or whatever message brought that person into your world.”
“To love without getting anything in return is the definition of strength — it means you can still appreciate another even when they don’t appreciate you in return. This should be celebrated!”
“One sided love teaches us to value somebody else more than we value ourselves which isn’t always healthy but sometimes understanding that gives us strength and faith in ourselves to really believe the the universe will bring what’s best for us.”
“One sided love requires immense patience and courage; both of which are qualities that make a person extremely admirable and noteworthy.”
“Having one-sided love does not make you weaker — instead it reveals how powerful each individual is for continuing to show up despite knowing the situation will never change.”
“Even though having one-sided love hurts so much, allow yourself to feel it fully because feeling something intensely only consoles our souls.”
“One-sided love is just as good as two-sided love, maybe even better sometimes because at least you’re brave enough to love on your own.”
“I thought I was alone in one-sided love until I met nameless stars twinkling in the night sky.”
“It’s all right to love someone who doesn’t love you back, as long as they’re worth you loving them.”
“Sometimes when you fall in love with someone you can’t have, it teaches you that loving someone deeply makes the pain of not being with them even worse.”
“Unrequited love is never easy, but I’m slowly coming to terms with it and learning how to be stronger everyday.”
“Accepting that some people might not return your feelings is hard, but part of life and will make you a more grounded person for it.”
“Some people take years to understand the significance of one sided love and some people never understand it.”
“One-sided love is just as valid as any other kind of love we feel.”
“Unrequited love isn’t a tragedy—it’s actually quite beautiful because it proves that you are strong enough to still enjoy life despite not having your feelings reciprocated.”
“The beauty of one-sided love lies in its potential; one day, it might become two-sided again.”
“Sometimes the greatest form of love is letting go.”
“A broken heart isn’t necessary for learning; loving someone who doesn’t love you back can teach you infinitely more than remaining alone ever could.”
“Unrequited Love leaves you longing for something you can never have; accept it, grieve it, then move on.”
“Love yourself first because when one-sided or unrequitedly loved someone else does not mean all your affections are invalid.”
“In one-sided love, you’ll never get what you desire; but its purity will teach you the depth of an emotion and make you strong to hold something genuine in future.”
“Being occupied by one-sided love isn’t wrong, it just means that I dared to love beyond logical boundaries. It made me realize that TRUE LOVE is RISK WORTHY.”
“If loving someone who will never love you back gives you peace, don’t let go of it. For no one else in this universe can give solace like your one-sided love can do…”
“One sided Love gives us a feeling that nobody loves us as deep as we do and this thought is enough to make us cry the whole night & yet morning comes with a hope and expectation with no guarantee of fulfillment!”
“It hurts when you realize you aren’t as important to someone as they are to you; and how sometimes their silence tells more than their cruel words ever could…. this is when we discover the bittersweet side of one-sided love.”
“To propose someone and being rejected doesn’t makes oneself any less beautiful or less worthy… It’s merely a signal that we simply weren’t the right person for them at the time.”
“Often, people confuse between true love and one-sided infatuation; True love awaits for commitment, dedication, acceptance, and blessing from both sides while infatuation demands unnecessary attention from only single hearted side.”

Final Thoughts

I hope that these quotes have helped to provide some comfort and understanding for those who are struggling with one-sided love. Remember, it’s okay to feel the pain of unrequited love, but don’t let it consume you. Instead, focus on loving yourself and learning from the experience.

Best of luck!