Jan 12, 2025

10 saddest and heart-wrenching quotes from famous books

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Words that shatter people

Books have the power to change lives. They can inspire the biggest revolutions, and break the littlest hearts with their stories and words. They can make people weep, cry, jump in joy, and so much more. And here we mention 10 heart-wrenching quotes from famous books.

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‘Looking for Alaska’ by John Green

"I know so many last words. But I will never know hers."

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‘19 Minutes’ by Jodi Picoult

"If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?"

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‘King of Thorns’ by Mark Lawrence

"There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone."

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‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ by J. K. Rowling

"And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face."

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‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison

"The best thing, he knew, was to love just a little bit, so when they broke it's back, or shoved it in a croaker sack, well, maybe you'd have a little love left over for the next one."

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‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ by Arthur Golden

“The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains."

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‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ by George R. R. Martin

"I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart once was."

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‘My Sister's Keeper’ by Jodi Picoult

"If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?"

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‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Foer

"Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living."

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‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini

"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood."

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