#broken

Part broken - part whole, you begin again. ( from 'Why books seem shockproof against change.' THE TIMES: BOOKS) ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#broken #change #change

He was like a shattered stained-glass window: something beautiful that's broken; a million colours fallen on the ground where no light can get through. ↗

— Glenda Millard

#colours #light #stained-glass #beauty

If anyone had bothered to notice me, they would only see a scared fifteen-year-old girl with eyes of sable ringed by kohl liner and black hair that fell to her waist. They wouldn't see someone struggling to remain sane. Only an empty space where a real girl used to live. ↗

— Sherry Soule

#sherry-soule #shiloh #beauty

So? I know lots of beautiful women. Nova wanted to chase... I merely obliged her by running. ↗

— D.D. Chant

#broken-city #funny #humour #novel #beauty

Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#life #lonely #love #love-hurts #lover

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ. ↗

— Criss Jami

#brokenness #christ #christianity #communication #confidence

I remembered screaming then, screaming until my voice stopped. ↗

— Ivy Devlin

#death-and-dying #heartbroken #scream #screaming #screams

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#charms #dreams #heart #hidden #hopes

Even knowing that my presence brought a shadow over the lives of my loved ones, I can't regret the experiences I've had with them. They gave me life, becoming an integral part of my soul. They healed me when I was broken and somehow they recovered those parts of me, I thought lost forever. ↗

— J.D. Stroube

#experience #family #forever #heal #life

Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he enjoyed the sort of unhallowed thrill he experienced when he went and told another animal, after having faithfully promised not to. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#secrets #thrills #faith