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The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"They virtually died of a broken heart eight years apart."

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

I was lucky to get out with only a broken heart, not a broken life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

"Ramadan without the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a very sad feeling, a feeling of having a broken heart," said worshipper Zeyad Mona.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

When you’re thirteen with a broken heart, I bet your valves aren’t even strong enough to mend themselves.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle


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