“He was gone, and she was broken hearted, that was all that mattered.”

“Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

“Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

“My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces. Each half was glowing, and beating under all that white.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

“But she stepped forward and placed a finger to his lips and there it was before him. The greatest prayer to the gods he could muster with a heart so broken.”

Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer

“You know she's gonna leave my broken heart behind her.”

Dave Matthews (1967) American singer-songwriter, musician and actor

“You haven't broken his heart yet, have you?"
"No," Tessa said."I haven't broken his heart at all.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

“Dennis: She's turned me down. She's broken my heart.
Hal: She doesn't know what she is missing, baby.
Dennis: But she does! That's what's so humiliating.”

Joe Orton (1933–1967) English playwright and author

“Magnus did not take such suffering lightly, but even mortals did not die of broken hearts. No matter how cruel Grace had been, he told himself, James would heal. Even though he was a Herondale.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author