Breaking Quotes

1374 quotes by 1057 authors

What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory. — John Steinbeck
Let the liberal turn to the course of action, the course of all radicals, and the amused look vanishes from the face of society as… — Saul Alinsky
By then Esthappen and Rahel had learned that the world had other ways of breaking men. They were already familiar with the smell. Sicksweet. Like… — Arundhati Roy
...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on… — Louisa May Alcott
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal?Â…Betrayal means breaking ranks… — Milan Kundera
Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold... — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. Theyâ€™re operated as holding pensâ€”miniature… — Barack Obama
When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so… — Diane Ackerman
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it… — Rita Mae Brown
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man — L. Frank Baum
Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing into the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith,… — R.J. Ellory
You're breaking out of character, again. — Dave Eggers
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I might… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their… — Stephen Chbosky
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman. — Philippa Gregory
They say - "they" being the great philosophers, or possibly the cast of Seinfeld - that breaking up is like pushing over a Coke machine.… — Jennifer Weiner
There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse… — Marilynne Robinson
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to… — Sloane Crosley

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