My first poem was a bolt from the blue ... it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy. William Carlos Williams
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had proceeded it. Thucydides
I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem. Kelly Osbourne
I feel good, like it's party time, don't you know And it blew my mind when she smiled and said hello But it broke my heart when she told me it's time to go. Chuck Berry
When it broke down, I would break down. I had to wean myself from it just to survive. I had to have interventions. People would say, ‘You've got to do something else.' So that was part of it-being too dependent on this thing I couldn't count on. Suzanne Ciani
So my heart finally broke. It was so long bent. And it broke in three places when it finally went. It wanted only to say what it meant. So it suffered every punishment. Ani DiFranco