Gracefully Broken Quotes

#1. We are made of stardust, our whole body consists of material that has been here before the beginning of time.

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos

#2. I was lost, starving for intimacy, desperate to be valued, swallowed by a sea of lonely hearts, thinking that perhaps I was the only one who was lost.

Ted Dekker

#3. And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums.

Bruno Schulz

#4. A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

Martha Plimpton

#5. She walked toward me, her high heels perforating the polished wooden air of the Richmond's quiet basement like the slow beat of a tall clock.

Philip Kerr

#6. For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now sleeping is the last thing I want to do.

Chuck Palahniuk

#7. I remember love. It's what I have to keep on reminding myself. It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you.

Melina Marchetta

#8. They may never say it, but your parents really are proud of you when you follow your heart and chase your dreams.

Robert Cheeke

#9. You will be on of those gods without magic powers. What are they called? King.

Maggie Stiefvater

#10. You don't get over a broken heart/ You just learn to carry it gracefully.

Jens Lekman

#11. I want to fuck you, Rose. I want to do it on my terms. It may hurt, but in a very good way.

Teresa Mummert

#12. A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.

Aga Khan IV

#13. Understanding that you can't truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate.
Empathy is intuitive, but is also something you can work on, intellectually.

Tim Minchin

#14. Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

Robert Hewison