Poetry Quote by Cornelia Funke

“In the tapestry of a writer’s life, heartbreak is the thread that weaves the most intricate and haunting patterns.” ”

— Dr. Nitin Chopra

“Women’s writing is full ... of heartbreak with the injustices done by beauty—its presence as well as its absence.”

— Naomi Wolf

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

— Jill Scott

“It was the poem that explained the nature of courage and turned the mystery of death into a heroic couplet. Ultimately, it was the…

— James Lee Burke

“Poetry was a barrier against raw emotions. It distilled them into bearable music, allowed one to accommodate them a little at a time. Alexander…

— Julie Anne Long

I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets.

— Tom Hodgkinson

“When the body, washed and dressed, lay in the coffin on a table, everyone came to take leave of him and they all wept.…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Laroche was wrong about that, wrong about men not understanding love. Anyway, most of the romantic poems and songs and paintings in the world…

— Josh Lanyon

“The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy…

— Horace Walpole

“For solace at this time of sadness and confusion, Marguerite turned to a source that would remain a refuge to her throughout her life:…

— Nancy Goldstone

“He married and made a home. He went endlessly from house to house and spoke the mission and the truth. The hopeless suffering of…

— Carson McCullers

“And so the little poet poetized away his never-ending poem and even the silliest woman could poetize with him. But they couldn't be together.…

— Nescio