# Quote ID--Did I make this one up?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 12, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272 "2003-06-12T03:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272/1 "2003-06-12T03:32:22Z")

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I was rereading my online diary just now, and came across this “moment of zen” I posted.

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> I wondered if I had much heart left that was unbroken by that sight tonight.

This sounds incredibly familiar to me in that I am not entirely sure I made this up myself.

Can anyone help identify this quote? I’d like to cite it in my diary if I did not make it up. Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272/2 "2003-06-12T15:50:49Z")

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Bumping. Must’ve gotten lost in the late-night shuffle.

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272/3 "2003-06-12T16:06:31Z")

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I’ve never heard the phrase, and I couldn’t find anything similar on a Google search.

It’s quite poetic, though.

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-id-did-i-make-this-one-up/181272/4 "2003-06-21T21:46:59Z")

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Haha–I just reread some of the stories I’ve half-written, and found this quote among them. ::shame:: sorry!