“But oh my heart that will not give itself
Break, you bastard, ripped by your loneliness!”

“I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

“Split me open
With devotion
You put your hands in
And rip my heart out
Eat the music.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

“Oh, baby don't give up on us.
I know your heart is full of doubt,
You don't need to be without
These loving arms.I'll hold you through your darkest hour
I'll be using all my power,
So I can reach you.
Oh my love, don't give up on us.”

Sarah McLachlan (1968) Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

“You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”

Derek Walcott (1930–2017) Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright

“Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are.”

Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician

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

David Levithan The Realm of Possibility

“Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home.”

Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer

“Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh give me back my heart!”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement