Fragile – Quotes

Life is fragile, yet

Life is fragile, yet to obstinately struggle is natural. Gao Xingjian

I don’t mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the unromantic scientific facts of life, I find it hard to delude myself about feminine frailty. Estelle Ramey

I’ve decided life is

I’ve decided life is too fragile to finish a book I dislike just because it cost $16.95 and everyone else loved it. Or eat a fried egg with a broken yolk (which I hate) when the dog would leap over the St. Louis Arch for it. Erma Bombeck

Trapped in silence, Marco

Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia’s body with his tongue. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. He savors every sound he elicits from her. The entire room trembles as they come … Read more

Venice is ever the

Venice is ever the fragile labyrinth at the edge of the sea and it reminds us how brief and perilous the journeys of our lives are; perhaps that is why we love it so. City of plagues and brief liaisons, city of lingering deaths and incendiary loves, city of chimeras, nightmares, pigeons, bells. You are … Read more

Religion is the most

Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that’s because it is the most threatening to those in power. Eric Metaxas

don’t take many words

don’t take many words to break a fragile heart! Eric Jerome Dickey

We are all vulnerable,

We are all vulnerable, and we will all, at some point in our lives… fall. We will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts… that what we have is special. That it can be taken from us, and when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to … Read more

Love is a fragile,

Love is a fragile, useless thing. It decomposes easily in the tropic heat. Eric Gamalinda

Men, I would like

Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. … Gender equality is your issue, too. … I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them less of a men—or less of a man. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure … Read more