Broke Quotes - Page 26

• My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

  Kurt Cobain

  Love, Relationship, Moving On

  "Song: "Dumb" ("In Utero")". 1993.

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• Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually.

  Abbi Glines

  Heart, Guy, Taught

  Abbi Glines (2014). “The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire: Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far, and Forever Too Far”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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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. Love is for unlucky folk, Love is but a curse. Once there was a heart I broke; And that, I think, is worse.

  Dorothy Parker

  Heartbreak, Love Is, Thinking

  Dorothy Parker (1936). “Not So Deep as a Well”, Macmillan Company of Canada

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• Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel.

  Sylvia Plath

  Purpose, Pay, Heels

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.46, Hamilton Books

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• I don't matter here, Shane. I feel like I just don't matter. Stupid, right?" "No," he said. He sounded so gentle it broke her heart. "It's how most people feel most of the time, Claire. You've grown up being special, and this is how most people live their lives...on their own, unnoticed. And they get used to that feeling. It's just new for you.

  Rachel Caine

  Stupid, Heart, People

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• If you muster that courage to stand under fire and not go down, you will amass an inner strength that no one can touch. You won’t be another faceless, nameless, forgotten human in a long historical line of the defeated. You will be a steeled warrior, and a force to be forever reckoned with. And beneath the pain that lingers, you will have the comfort of knowing that you are strongest of all. That when others caved and broke, you kept fighting even against hopeless odds.” - Caleb

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Fighting, Warrior

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• Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?

  Tamora Pierce

  Hurt, Selfish, Home

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.294, Simon and Schuster

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• Suddenly Po shot into the courtyard from the north vestibule whooping. Katsa, seeing him, broke into a run and they tore at each other through the wash. Just before the moment of impact, Po shifted to one side, crouched, scooped Katsa up, and, with admirable precision, propelled them both sideways into the pool. ... Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

  Kristin Cashore

  Running, Laughter, Impact

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• People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?

  Stephen King

  Country, Song, Sweet

  Stephen King (2014). “Joyland”, p.11, Titan Books

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• They didn't break me. I broke myself.

  Max Brooks

  Break

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.21, Broadway Books

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• I love you, Clary," he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row of lighted candles, their fold reflected in his eyes. "More than I ever--" He broke off. "God. More than I probably should. You know that, don't you?

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Eye, Church

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• I look like a hobo?" "Worse," he said. "Like a sad hobo clown." "And you like it?" "I love it." As soon as he said it, she broke into a smile. And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Looks, Hobos, You Like It

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Eleanor & Park”, p.163, Macmillan

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• Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse.

  George Saunders

  Parks, Agree, Ifs

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December”, p.207, A&C Black

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• Lily slumped, putting her shaking hands on his shoulders. "But you will, won't you?" Pansy's voice broke into a sob. "Yes, Pan," Galen said quietly. "I don't like that," Pansy said. Galen stood and put his arms around the fine-boned girl, while Rose continued to comfort Lily. Oliver looked away. It was such a private moment; he hated to intrude on it. Galen was beloved by all of the sisters, but the love between him and Rose was so clear and shining that it hurt to look at them, spending their last hours together caring for the other girls.

  Jessica Day George

  Girl, Hurt, Caring

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• Magnus shrugged. "He also made inappropriate amorous advances to a startled grandmotherly sort selling flowers, an Irish wolfhound, and innocent hat stand in a dwelling he broke into, and myself.

  Cassandra Clare

  Flower, Dwelling, Hats

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.588, Simon and Schuster

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• But Hale didn't follow. For a second he just stood and stared out over his empire. It was like he was lost in a dream when he said, "So, your dad broke into the patent office." "Yep," Kat told him. "How many goats am I going to owe him for that?" "More than you've got, big guy. Way more than you've got.

  Ally Carter

  Dream, Dad, Office

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• It was something of a mystery how a couple of teenage girls had managed to escape detection for two years, especially when one of them was a privileged Moroi princess and the other a delinquent dhampir with a disciplinary file so long that it broke school records.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Teenage, Couple

  Richelle Mead (2017). “Vampire Academy: The Untold Stories”, p.68, Penguin UK

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• Tyson charged at the Cyclops leader, Ma Gasket, her chain-mail dress spattered with mud and decorated with broken spears. She gawked at Tyson and started to say, “Who—?” 463/508 Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on her rump. “Bad Cyclops Lady!” he bell owed. “General Tyson says GO AWAY!” He hit her again, and Ma Gasket broke into dust.

  Rick Riordan

  Dust, Circles, Broken

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• So why aren’t you living with your sister?” “She wanted to meet new people,” Cath said. “You make it sound like she broke up with you.

  Rainbow Rowell

  People, Sound, Broke Up

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.34, Pan Macmillan

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• Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face. It started to devour her face, too. Cath had to look away.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Looks, Faces, Levi's

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.193, Pan Macmillan

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• I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?" Cath's eyes settled on his, tentatively, like they'd fly away if he moved. She nodded her head. The right side of his mouth pulled up. "I'm rooting for you," she whispered. She wasn't even sure he could hear her from the bed. Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Eye, Bed, Mouths

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• They promised me that this would be my home. That girls like you would always be my sisters. But they weren't my sisters, were they?" Catherine asked, but then the lunacy broke, a quick and fleeting crack, and through it I saw anger and bitterness and rage.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Home, Cracks

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• She had worried that she would break if her heart broke, but she wasn't broken. she had lost everything, but she was not lost. It seemed a worthwhile thing to know.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Heart, Worthwhile Things, Broken

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon," Frank said. "Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes.

  Rick Riordan

  Thinking, Law, Leader

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• You ever taunt me with Tasha again," she said in a harsh whisper when they broke the kiss to gasp for air, "and I will geld you." Raphael winced. "That would take at least a day to repair. Are you sure you want to lose my....attributes for that long?

  Nalini Singh

  Kissing, Air, Long

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