“We are adhering to life now with our last muscle — the heart.”
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Quoted in "The Way of Transition : Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments" (2002) by William Bridges, p. 204
“Divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle.”
— E. Lockhart, book We Were Liars
Source: We Were Liars
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