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When your young your parents hold your heart; they take care of it, nurture it, feed it and love it. They are your heart’s caretaker. But once you grow older your parents give you your heart and tell your to give it to someone you love. From that point on your heart is yours to give. But your parents have been taking care of your heart for you up to that point and no matter what you mess it up. You give it to someone and they stomp on it, spit on it and tear it to bits and pieces, but you kneel down to pick up the pieces and mend every back together because even though its a dirty, broken heart its still your heart. But you cant find happiness if your heart doesn’t get shattered into a million pieces, you have to let it get mangled by others. As time goes on and the more people you give your heart to and the more it gets broken the closer you are to finding the person who has scars that match your own. When that time comes you give them your heart and they know how to hold it, care for it, and nurture it because they know what you’ve been through and how to be the caretaker of your heart. That is true love.

I don't know who it is by, but I love this quote.