“And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
Lyrics, All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), Walk On
“My heart's prepared for aching
The moment you take wing.
But not, my friend, for breaking
While there's another spring.”
"Irreverent Heart"
Rhymes for the Irreverent (1965)
Context: My heart is like the willow
That bends, but never breaks.
It sighs when summer jilts her,
It sings when April wakes. So you, who come a-smiling
With summer in your eyes,
Think not that your beguiling
Will take me by surprise. My heart's prepared for aching
The moment you take wing.
But not, my friend, for breaking
While there's another spring.
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Alison McGhee (1960) American novelist
Source: All Rivers Flow To The Sea
“Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.”
Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day
Source: The Remains of the Day
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Dreaming (1982)
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Don't Go Breaking My Heart, duet with Kiki Dee (1976)
Song lyrics, Singles
“Take heart, my friends! There is a God! There is a God!”
Aurangzeb (1618–1707) Sixth Mughal Emperor
Dili, Yarana! Khuda hai! Khuda hai! <br class="br">Aurangzeb during battle with Dara Shikoh Also in Guru Tegh Bahadur, Prophet and Martyr: A Biography by Trilochan Singh [ Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 1967] p. 98 Also in Heroes of Islam Series: Mohy-ud-Din Alamgir Aurangzeb by Fazl Ahmad [ Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1960] p. 54 Also in Aurangzib And The Decay Of The Mughal Empire https://books.google.com/books?id=JodvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29 by Stanley Lane Poole [Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014, ISBN 1-782-89473-X] <br class="br">Quotes from late medieval histories
“I know nothing and my heart aches”
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
“Falling tears in my heart,
Falling rain on the town.
Why this long ache,
A knife in my heart.”
Paul Verlaine (1844–1896) French poet
Il pleure dans mon cœur
Comme il pleut sur la ville.
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon cœur?
"Il pleur dans mon cœur" line 1, from Romances sans paroles (1874); Sorrell p. 69
Source: One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine: A Bilingual Edition