Broke my heart Quote by James Baldwin

“Forgive me,’ he whispered. I held my father’s gaze. Sometimes he seemed to grow a little older just by looking at me and remembering.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“During that time, the world seemed completely unforgiving. I was a single father at age twenty-six, divorced after a meaningless marriage that had lasted…

— Masaji Ishikawa

“I hadn't yet come to terms with the man my father was, or the lives he'd destroyed. But I accepted that he was part…

— Elle Cosimano

“Abruptly, they seemed alike to me and equally dear: my father, my son. I felt as though my father had been waiting for this…

— Sue Miller

“But in that one little window of time, many lasting decisions were made. First, any love for my father that might have remained either…

— Douglas Coupland

“Even now, I found it difficult to believe that my father could or might be dying. He had always been a strong man, a…

— Ann Marston

“The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise…

— Joan Didion

“No he hadn't been the best father, but he was my father, and we loved each other. We needed each other. Though he'd disappointed…

— Liz Murray

“More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due…

— John Green

“Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still real in memory as they were in flesh. Loving and beloved forever...”

— Philip Dunne

“Understand, daughter, that the only reason for your existing was as a tribute to your uncle-father. You were meant to love him. I planned…

— Katherine Dunn

“Once inside, I stirred the banked coals of the brazier to sullen life. It did nothing to ease the chill that gripped my bones.…

— Lesley Livingston