“Tessa is gone, and every moment she is gone is a knife ripping me apart from the inside.”
Cassandra Clare (1973) American author
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess
“Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.”
— William Goldman, book The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
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