I've experienced both, but I would rather a broken heart over a lonely soul because with a broken heart you recover a lot faster than you do with a lonely soul. I find that loneliness has always been the make up of my life since I can remember, and from the looks of things it's not going to go away any time soon. I've had a broken heart once with a girl that I liked. I remember many nights not being able to sleep because of the feeling in my heart. But again, a broken heart, as painful as it feels, is much better than having a lonely soul because you get over people a lot faster than you start feeling connected with people.