--- title: "10 Story Break Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Story Break quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Story Break sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/amanda-marshall-29853_break_everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break_1189601.jpg" --- > [Everybody's got a story that could break your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-marshall/everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break-your-heart/) [Amanda Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-marshall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/amanda-marshall-29853_break_everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break_1189601.jpg) > [Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-flynn/perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could-break-your-heart/) [Nick Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/nick-flynn-8678_break_perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could_2951577.png) > [“I always knew this story would break my heart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-lawrence/i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my-heart/) [Theo Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/theo-lawrence-61876_break-heart_i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my_3120211.jpg) > [There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-drudge/there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-watch-a-story-break-and-grow/) [Matt Drudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-drudge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/matt-drudge-12582_break_there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-wa_618033.jpg) > [The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/the-only-story-that-seems-worth-writing-is-a-cry-a-shot-a-scream-a/) [Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/susan-sontag-332_books_the-only-story-that-seems-worth-writing_3222084.jpg) > [Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/every-single-person-has-a-story-that-will-break-your-heart-and-if-you/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/bren-brown-280_attention_every-single-person-has-a-story-that-wil_2063657.jpg) > [“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/a-story-can-always-break-into-pieces-while-it-sits-inside-a-book-on-a/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/andre-dubus-13616_book_a-story-can-always-break-into-pieces-whi_3177350.png) > [“I love getting lost in a story, to take a break from reality and live in another world. There’s no feeling like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-c-lynn/i-love-getting-lost-in-a-story-to-take-a-break-from-reality-and-live/) [K.C. Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-c-lynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/k-c-lynn-38571_another-world_i-love-getting-lost-in-a-story-to-take-a_1144866.jpg) > [Wanting to know absolutely what a story is about, and to be able to say it in a few sentences, is dangerous:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/wanting-to-know-absolutely-what-a-story-is-about-and-to-be-able-to/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/andre-dubus-13616_able_wanting-to-know-absolutely-what-a-story_3085341.jpg) > [It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/it-is-after-all-so-easy-to-shatter-a-story-to-break-a-chain-of/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/arundhati-roy-346_break_it-is-after-all-so-easy-to-shatter-a-sto_1516065.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-break/#itemlist", "name": "Story Break Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody's got a story that could break your heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amanda Marshall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-marshall/everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break-your-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/amanda-marshall-29853_break_everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break_1189601.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/amanda-marshall-29853_break_everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break_1189601.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/amanda-marshall-29853_break_everybody-s-got-a-story-that-could-break_1189601.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody's got a story that could break your heart.” — Amanda Marshall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Flynn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-flynn/perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could-break-your-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/nick-flynn-8678_break_perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could_2951577.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/nick-flynn-8678_break_perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could_2951577.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/nick-flynn-8678_break_perhaps-everyone-has-a-story-that-could_2951577.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart...” — Nick Flynn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I always knew this story would break my heart”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Theo Lawrence" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-lawrence/i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/theo-lawrence-61876_break-heart_i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my_3120211.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/theo-lawrence-61876_break-heart_i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my_3120211.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/theo-lawrence-61876_break-heart_i-always-knew-this-story-would-break-my_3120211.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always knew this story would break my heart” — Theo Lawrence", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matt Drudge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-drudge/there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-watch-a-story-break-and-grow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/matt-drudge-12582_break_there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-wa_618033.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/matt-drudge-12582_break_there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-wa_618033.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/matt-drudge-12582_break_there-s-nothing-more-exciting-than-to-wa_618033.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to…” — Matt Drudge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. 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