“Why is it that voices break hearts?”
“Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break together. If the voice within us does not say this it is not the voice of Eros.”
“Why break the heart that never beat from love?”
“His steps slowed to a stop. “Why?” His voice was a ghost in the quiet. “Why give me your trust when you know it is such an easy thing to break?”“Perhaps the easy giving of it will make it harder to break”
“Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.”
“I felt my heart breaking all over again. Why? Why had this happened to us? Why was the universe so cruel?”