“The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.”
More from Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.”
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature…”
“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”