--- title: "10 Break Open Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Break Open quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Break Open sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/anonymous-1_break_break-me-open-and-inject-reality-2299810_2299810.jpg" --- > [Break me open and inject reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/break-me-open-and-inject-reality/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/anonymous-1_break_break-me-open-and-inject-reality-2299810_2299810.jpg) > [Break open the forbidden happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/break-open-the-forbidden-happiness/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/rob-brezsny-7732_break_break-open-the-forbidden-happiness-32024_3202448.png) > [“Break open a stone and listen to it cry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfrredo-navarro-salanga/break-open-a-stone-and-listen-to-it-cry/) [Alfrredo Navarro Salanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfrredo-navarro-salanga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/alfrredo-navarro-salanga-86665_break_break-open-a-stone-and-listen-to-it-cry_843209.jpg) > [I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/i-tell-you-this-to-break-your-heart-by-which-i-mean-only-that-it/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/mary-oliver-570_break_i-tell-you-this-to-break-your-heart-by-w_2715234.jpg) > [When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-lesser/when-you-feel-yourself-breaking-down-may-you-break-open-instead/) [Elizabeth Lesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-lesser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/elizabeth-lesser-1683_break_when-you-feel-yourself-breaking-down-may_1765327.png) > [What I'm trying to do with my work is to break open things that are sealed, that are under siege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmila-zbanic/what-i-m-trying-to-do-with-my-work-is-to-break-open-things-that-are/) [Jasmila Zbanic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmila-zbanic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/jasmila-zbanic-22738_break_what-i-m-trying-to-do-with-my-work-is-to_432369.jpg) > [When an underdog wins, they win for everybody, because somebody gotta come through that door and break it open and make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-jhn/when-an-underdog-wins-they-win-for-everybody-because-somebody-gotta/) [Saint Jhn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-jhn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/saint-jhn-18224_come_when-an-underdog-wins-they-win-for-every_769136.jpg) > [When your children arrive, the best you can hope for is that they break open everything about you. Your mind floods with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-poehler/when-your-children-arrive-the-best-you-can-hope-for-is-that-they/) [Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-poehler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/amy-poehler-1084_break_when-your-children-arrive-the-best-you-c_3156651.jpg) > [When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-muller/when-we-come-close-to-those-things-that-break-us-down-we-touch-those/) [Wayne Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-muller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/wayne-muller-12725_break_when-we-come-close-to-those-things-that_1203973.png) > [May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-lesser/may-you-listen-to-the-voice-within-the-beat-even-when-you-are-tired/) [Elizabeth Lesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-lesser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/elizabeth-lesser-1683_beats_may-you-listen-to-the-voice-within-the-b_920757.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break-open/#itemlist", "name": "Break Open Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Break me open and inject reality", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/break-me-open-and-inject-reality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/anonymous-1_break_break-me-open-and-inject-reality-2299810_2299810.jpg", "contentUrl": 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