Broken Spirit Quotes

“Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious broken spirit. Maybe this yearning had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with her.”
― Jamie Weise

“When words are too heavy for the mouth, the soul weeps in agony”
― Ikechukwu Izuakor

“The journey of reinvention is one of raw emotions
Emerging from dormancy
Surprising as a paper cut
Overwhelming as a hailstorm
One part vulnerability
One part rage
One part surrender
Uncomfortable
Unfamiliar
Unsure
Fearful
Alone
Damaged
Broken
And finding a new Self
Slowly
Different
Healing
Humble
Present
Open
Longing
Free”
― Dave Rudbarg

“Maybe she will be broken forever. but if it is so, she will adorn it with radiant elegance; and all that man will ever discern is her effortless grace and the softness of her smile.”
― Terry A O'Neal

“We must be vigilant, even of each other, but mostly of ourselves. What my time in the cave taught me is that the ultimate life-and-death struggle is with ourselves. Foreign invaders might kill my body, but only I could kill my spirit.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“And because you not always can keep your eyes shut there comes the real trouble--the heart pain--the world pain.
I tell you, my friend, it is not good for you to find you cannot make your dream come true, for the reason that you not strong enough are, or not clever enough. . . . Ja! . . .
And all the time you are such a fine fellow too! Wie? Was? Gott im Himmel! How can that be? Ha! ha! ha!"
’The shadow prowling amongst the graves of butterflies laughed boisterously.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

“The last thing I'd want to be accused of is "growing up"; this is how boring conventional people congratulate you when your spirit breaks. 173”
― Tim Kreider, I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays

“It is a better thing by far that the lad should break his neck, than that you should break his spirit.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“You've not only dried up my tears; you've dried up my soul.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady