“And then because hope will break the heart better than any sorrow, she started to cry.”
“Hope will break the heart better than any sorrow.”
“It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.”
“He speaks of himself as of another. Himself he devises too for company. Leave it at that. Confusion too is company up to a point. Better hope deferred than none. Up to a point. Till the heart starts to sicken. Company too up to a point. Better a sick heart than none. Till it starts to break. So speaking of himself he concludes for the time being, For the time being leave it at that.”
“...maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.”
“It's better to break one's heart than to do nothing with it.”