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Broken Quote by Alan Paton

“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy…” quote by Alan Paton — Download Open image

“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”

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Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…

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You don't want to fix things that aren't broken, so that kind of stops you from make changes.

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The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you…

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Marriage is a desperate thing.

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The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions-…

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There is no pain like the first time you get your heart broken.

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Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.

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My life was incoherent to me. I felt it quivering, spitting out broken teeth.

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Don't fix what's not broken.

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“ving self and others is an every second of every day of every week, of every month, of every year gift that should not…

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Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the…

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Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots.

Arthur Hugh Clough

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