--- title: "8 Things Falling Apart Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Things Falling Apart quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Things Falling Apart sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/brad-pitt-1608_falling-apart_i-liked-turning-40-maybe-i-had-a-crisis_214382.jpg" --- > [I liked turning 40. Maybe I had a crisis earlier or something. Maybe I had it in my 30s. One thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-liked-turning-40-maybe-i-had-a-crisis-earlier-or-something-maybe-i/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/brad-pitt-1608_falling-apart_i-liked-turning-40-maybe-i-had-a-crisis_214382.jpg) > [“You could study the connections for years and never work it out-it was all about things coming together,things falling apart,time warp, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/you-could-study-the-connections-for-years-and-never-work-it-out-it/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/donna-tartt-391_chance_you-could-study-the-connections-for-year_524330.jpg) > [“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also-a-kind-of-healing/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall-apart_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1439663.jpg) > [“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also-a-kind-of-healing-2/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1575340.jpg) > [Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also-a-kind-of-healing-3/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1827629.png) > [“To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/to-play-the-country-game-we-have-to-choose-a-country-everybody-wants/) [NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/noviolet-bulawayo-12666_falling-apart_to-play-the-country-game-we-have-to-choo_2320838.jpg) > [“I guess the whole world is made up of things coming together and things falling apart,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-wing-smith/i-guess-the-whole-world-is-made-up-of-things-coming-together-and/) [Emily Wing Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-wing-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/emily-wing-smith-45187_coming-together_i-guess-the-whole-world-is-made-up-of-th_2985706.jpg) > [Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-kenison/perhaps-the-real-point-of-life-is-simply-to-wear-us-down-until-we/) [Katrina Kenison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-kenison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/katrina-kenison-18036_abundance_perhaps-the-real-point-of-life-is-simply_3005629.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-falling-apart/#itemlist", "name": "Things Falling Apart Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I liked turning 40. 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