break a heart

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And when Patrice found out that this was a preventable death, she was–you can’t break a heart twice, but she was devastated, and said: I can’t bear the thought of another mother feeling this pain.

From MSNBC • Jun. 26, 2019

What spectre from the other world has power to break a heart?

From Mount Music by Ross, Martin

Without a word, he bows himself to Joab, and runs, as unconcerned as the paper of a letter that may break a heart.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

But Polish women of this kind would rather break a heart than break their word.

From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Here, when she smiles, you know it is her teeth She's putting to the test ere she depart For the gay revel on the lawn beneath, Or moonlight ramble that may break a heart.

From When hearts are trumps by Hall, Thomas Winthrop