Here is a realistic way of looking at a broken heart, sans the poetry:A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as in books. It's a good deal like a bad tooth... It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then, but between times it lets you enjoy life and dreams and echoes and peanut candy as if there were nothing the matter with it. ... It won't let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable ... and succeeding ... even when you're determined to be unhappy and romantic.
From Anne of Avonlea, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy sure had a way with words. Anne seemed to capture the essence of a broken heart quite well all the time, didn't she?
ReplyDeleteActually these words were uttered by Miss Lavendar. Oh I love the Anne of Green Gables series. There are so many nuggets of practical wisdom.
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