"At the touch of mankind, things wear away……" — Henri Barbusse

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• People that go through what I went through and people going through divorce, it's really a difficulty process; it's heartbreaking… — David Arquette
• It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. — William J. Clinton
• Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem. — H. Burke Peterson
• With Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward has written the best sort of novel-a beautiful, important book that's both unflinching and… — Skip Horack
• It was really special for Bass Pro Shops to take Tracker off the side and put Joplin, Missouri on there.… — Jamie McMurray
• Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment. — Jane Addams
• The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was… — Robert Creeley
• Cynie Cory roams the outer reaches of the heart’s territory, from the snowy winter of family life to the tropical… — Barbara Hambly
• Five years have come, and five years have gone, and still we stand together as one. We come back to… — Michael Bloomberg
• I am delighted to be part of this Women's Aid campaign - the statistics are frightening. I've spent time with… — Gethin Jones
• Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its… — Rigoberto Gonzalez
• The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment. — Pema Chodron

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