Before being reborn from the ashes the Phoenix will be burnt in the flame.

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
 ― Kahlil Gibran

“I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, you'll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  

“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.”
― Dylan Thomas

“And he hated himself and hated her, too, for the ruin they'd made of each other.”
― Dennis Lehane, The Given Day

“All the most powerful emotions come from chaos--fear, anger, love--especially love. Love is chaos itself. Think about it! Love makes no sense. It shakes you up and spins you around. And then, eventually, it falls apart.”
― Kirsten Miller, The Eternal Ones

“When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, 'What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?'“
 ― Shannon L. Alder

 "Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell."
 ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

"True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends.  Letting go is one way of saying, 'I love you.'"
 ― Unknown