“A heart weighs more when it splits in two; it crashes in the chest like a broken plane.”
Mitch Albom (1958) American author
Source: The Time Keeper
“"I am like a broken puppet whose eyes have fallen inside." This remark of a mental patient weighs more heavily than a whole stack of works on introspection.”
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
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