“It was beautiful to be heartbroken, it was as pleasurable as a thing could be. But pointless.” PainBeautifulSufferingHeartbrokenContradictoryPointlessThe HeavensSandra NewmanPleasurable Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
“The dream was strongest of all when Kate's heart was broken. Then she fell asleep as if falling out of life, and the dream became numinous as real things are numinous, vivid even as it blankly slept. She couldn't prove it even to her own satisfaction, but she felt the dream was quickened by love.” LoveDreamsHeartbrokenFigurative LanguageThe HeavensSandra Newman Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens