Books and the words that are written in them have always had a certain power. Books can make a reader happy or satisfied, or can make a reader cry or feel heartbreak. Sometimes books really make us feel heartbroken and hurt.

Here are 25 book quotes that will do just that.

1. " 'You could rattle the stars,' She whispered. 'You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That's what scares you most.' " — Throne of Glass

2. "Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway." — Selection

3. "She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there — like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone." — Bridge to Terabithia

4. "Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard." — Love is the Higher Law

5. "So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be." — Perks of Being a Wallflower

6. "When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time — the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers." — A Prayer for Owen Meany

7. "As the light begins to intensify, so does my misery, and I wonder how it is possible to hurt so much when nothing is wrong." — Forbidden

8. "We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most." — Throne of Glass

9. "Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters." — Throne of Glass

10. "There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." — The Two Towers

11. "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." — To Kill a Mockingbird

12. "The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive." — Looking for Alaska

13. "We accept the love we think we deserve." — The Perks of Being a Wallflower

14. "Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." — Kafka on the Shore

15. "After all, tomorrow is another day." — Gone with the Wind

16. "Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." — The History of Love

17. "He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." — Things Fall Apart

18. "Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking." — The Remains of the Day

19. "The loneliest moment in someone's life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly." — The Great Gatsby

20. "I feel hollow and un-housed, an airy, empty wasps' nest, a thing made of chewed paper after the frosts have murdered the life within." — H is for Hawk

21. "She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears can take away grief; that is what they are for.' " — I Shall Wear Midnight

22. "I will love you forever; whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead, I'll drift about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again." — The Amber Spyglass

23. "I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me." — The Metamorphosis

24. "I did not die, and yet I lost lives breath." — Inferno

25. "If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed." — The Bell Jar