“A book becomes a mirror, with the author's face shining over it. Talent only gives an imperfect image,--the broken glimmer of a countenance. But the features of genius remain unruffled. Time guards the shadow. Beauty, the spiritual, Venus,--whose children are the Tassos, the Spensers, the Bacons,--breathes, the magic of her love, and fixes the face forever.” GivingChildrenBookFacesSpiritualForeverMagicTalentBrokenGeniusShadowMirrorsShiningBreatheFeaturesOver ItImperfectCountenanceVenusSpenser Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“I was keen on sports-that's how my nose got this way. It's not actually broken; the nose was just pushed up a little bit and moved over. It's an aquiline nose, quite Irish.” WayLittlesBitsSportsBrokenLittle BitMovedNosesOver It Author:John Hurt
“Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time.” PeopleDealsBrokenPercentOver ItInfidelityMonogamyBroken Up Author:Alanis Morissette
“If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.” IfsHeartLittlesAgeBitsDifficultGriefCryBrokenCornersGrievingBirthdayOver ItBroken HeartAries Author:Emma Thompson
“My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.” HeartLittlesStillsShowsSchoolBitsToo MuchBrokenMy HeartLittle BitDressesWinterShirtsOver ItCoats Author:Gabrielle Zevin