The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in the wash.
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation
Verga, Giovanni. I Malavoglia. Italy, 1881, ch. 11.
Current Citation
Verga, Giovanni. The House by the Medlar Tree, translated by Raymond Rosenthal. University of California Press, 1984, ch. 11.