Romanticism implies nostalgia for damaged goods.

Dear Nintendo, We need a new Mario game, where you rescue the princess in the first ten minutes, and for the rest of the…

— Joey Comeau

You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more…

— James Mattis

We are all damaged goods in recovery.

— Charles Spurgeon

The Real You isn't damaged goods. The Real You is the light of the universe.

— Marianne Williamson

“I have more baggage than baggage claim. I'm damaged goods. I'm not good at...” she released him for a moment and fingered between the…

— J.B. McGee

There's the whole Mad Hatter's dilemma, it was the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats. Everything was…

— Johnny Depp

“If there’s anything I’ve learned from polyamory, it’s that the quickest way to destroy a relationship is to try to make it into something…

— Page Turner

I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in…

— Peter Moskos

“Perhaps I won’t tire of her,” Gray protested, just to be contrary. Because, apparently, that was how brothers behaved. “Perhaps a dolphin will fly…

— Tessa Dare

Those damaged goods you see In your reflection Love sees them differently Love sees perfection A beautiful display Of healing on the way tonight

— Rachel Copeland

The bodies lay on the ground like damaged goods from a warehouse.

— Peter Goldman

“We're only lucky enough to see the wonders of nature's canyons because they're gracious enough to show us the places they've been damaged.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Don’t play with damaged goods, you will only hurt yourself.”

— Osayi Osar-Emokpae

“As specimens go, they always get excited about me. I'm a good one. A show-stopper. I'm the kind of kid they'll still enquire about…

— Jenni Fagan

You've been told that you're broken, that you're damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don't buy it. The truth, instead, is that…

— James Mattis