#fragile

It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#amp #club #complicate #could #countries

She walked away without bothering to look further. She knew he’d be fine. Her specialty was subduing without causing any real damage. He’d lie there for a few minutes. He’d be sore, maybe bruised tomorrow. He’d brush the cobwebs off his imagination to invent a story for his buddies about how three seven-foot, three-hundred-pound male karate black belts attacked him in the park. But she would bet her life on the fact that he would never sneak up on another fragile-looking woman without remembering this night. And that was the point. That was what Gaia lived for. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#fragile #lessons #lies #subdue #imagination

There's no fear in a shallow heart because the shallow heart is faint and don't fall apart, But feeling hearts that truly care are fragile to the flow of air. ↗

— Q-tip

#care #fall-apart #feeling #flow #fragile

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside. ↗

— James Broughton

#fragile #i #inside #like #things

Life is more fragile and precious than I can comprehend, but believe me, I'm trying. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#brain #consider #faith #fragile #hope

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#because #everything #fearful #feels #fragile

When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see. ↗

— Jim Thome

#because #couple #couple times #decision #difficult

Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life. ↗

— Vanessa Paradis

#fragile thing #life #love #love is #most

On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well. ↗

— Anne Parillaud

#i #insecure #know #look #me

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

#fleeting #fragile #glorious #glory #goes