"The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken."

"Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart."

"God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head."

"The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home."

"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear."

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken."