--- title: "13 Coming Apart Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Coming Apart quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Coming Apart sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/ian-rankin-7748_quote_i-wouldn-t-join-you-if-you-were-coming-a_1055395.jpg" --- > [“I wouldn't join you if you were coming apart at the seams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-wouldn-t-join-you-if-you-were-coming-apart-at-the-seams/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/ian-rankin-7748_quote_i-wouldn-t-join-you-if-you-were-coming-a_1055395.jpg) > [“His uniform seems threadbare and tired, and so does he, as though he's coming apart along the edges.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/his-uniform-seems-threadbare-and-tired-and-so-does-he-as-though-he-s/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/ally-condie-434_tired_his-uniform-seems-threadbare-and-tired-a_2792363.jpg) > [“I really am who I seem to be, and I’m coming apart at the seams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-really-am-who-i-seem-to-be-and-i-m-coming-apart-at-the-seams/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/jarod-kintz-2_apart_i-really-am-who-i-seem-to-be-and-i-m-com_2645489.jpg) > [When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/when-you-want-to-know-how-things-really-work-study-them-when-they-re/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/william-gibson-642_design_when-you-want-to-know-how-things-really_773955.png) > [“Plans have a way of coming apart when you lean om 'em”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-abercrombie/plans-have-a-way-of-coming-apart-when-you-lean-om-em/) [Joe Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-abercrombie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/joe-abercrombie-791_lean_plans-have-a-way-of-coming-apart-when-yo_201962.png) > [Down to my last dime and coming apart at the seams. I'm messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/down-to-my-last-dime-and-coming-apart-at-the-seams-i-m-messed-up-in/) [Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/tim-mcgraw-3313_dimes_down-to-my-last-dime-and-coming-apart-at_750169.png) > [“We're not falling to the ground in an instant like the towers did, but it's like the most important parts of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-mills/we-re-not-falling-to-the-ground-in-an-instant-like-the-towers-did-but/) [Wendy Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-mills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/wendy-mills-82462_9-11_we-re-not-falling-to-the-ground-in-an-in_1711421.jpg) > [We live in constant danger of coming apart. The mystery of why we do not always come apart is the animating tension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/we-live-in-constant-danger-of-coming-apart-the-mystery-of-why-we-do/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/virginia-woolf-49_art_we-live-in-constant-danger-of-coming-apa_2941784.jpg) > [Today the mockingbird does not sound very happy. It sounds if it is coming apart. As of the very heart of itself-its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/today-the-mockingbird-does-not-sound-very-happy-it-sounds-if-it-is/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/jerry-spinelli-1413_bird_today-the-mockingbird-does-not-sound-ver_2435468.png) > [“I'm gonna take you right here on this table, Scar, so every time you're sitting here working, all you'll be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lola-stark/i-m-gonna-take-you-right-here-on-this-table-scar-so-every-time-you-re/) [Lola Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lola-stark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/lola-stark-17682_contemporary-romance_i-m-gonna-take-you-right-here-on-this-ta_2418829.jpg) > [“Our students didn’t used to come from such damaged families,” Louis mused. “It’s true what they say. This country really is coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-russell/our-students-didn-t-used-to-come-from-such-damaged-families-louis/) [Paul Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/paul-russell-9403_apart_our-students-didn-t-used-to-come-from-su_611840.jpg) > [Everything was coming together by coming apart . . . It is the most difficult Zen practice to leave people to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everything-was-coming-together-by-coming-apart-it-is-the-most/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/anne-lamott-188_breathing_everything-was-coming-together-by-coming_1569995.png) > [“PLEASE BELIEVE that I am falling apart. I am not speaking metaphorically; nor is this the opening gambit of some melodramatic, riddling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/please-believe-that-i-am-falling-apart-i-am-not-speaking/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/salman-rushdie-153_falling-apart_please-believe-that-i-am-falling-apart-i_368585.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-apart/#itemlist", "name": "Coming Apart Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wouldn't join you if you were coming apart at the seams.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Rankin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-wouldn-t-join-you-if-you-were-coming-apart-at-the-seams/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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