“… maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.”

“Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.”

“903. Better have an old Man to humour, than a young Rake to break your Heart.”

“Hearts can break. Yes. Hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.”

“Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break.”

“Back to prison. Maybe if you fake a heart attack, I can make a break for it. (Rose Hathaway says to Lissa Dragomir)”

“Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking.
- Tin Man”

“The bird stabs the worm, the big cat breaks the bird’s neck, the man casts his spear into the heart of the cat. That is how the world is. Even the man had better look behind him; the wolf may be near, or another man, or fate, the hungriest hunter of them all.”

“When you break someone's heart,
you also break yours.”

“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”