Source: The Secret Life of Bees
“My heart broke open and history fell in.”
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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Salman Rushdie 122
British Indian novelist and essayist 1947Related quotes
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Once, when I was young and true,
Someone left me sad-
Broke my brittle heart in two;
And that is very bad.
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Love is but a curse.
Once there was a heart I broke;
And that, I think, is worse.
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