“I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit.”

“What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do.”

“Only after a person has their heart broken does the world appear as it truly is.”

“I know my heart will never be the sameBut I'm telling myself I'll be okay”

“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.”

“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought ...”

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”

“I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," ...”

“This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”