Caged Quote by J.D. Stroube

“A very civilized thing, glass—almost an index of civilization. When civilization retreats, it leaves behind broken glass.”

— John Derbyshire

“Stones had been cast and glasshouses lay in shards all around us. Inside I was dead; it was time for my exterior to follow…

— John Marrs

“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me has now…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love. He is wrong. None of them will survive.”

— Pierce Brown

“That evening more firmly than ever fastened into my soul the conviction that Fate was of stone, and Hope a false idol - blind,…

— Charlotte Brontë

“shattered like old glass,”

— Neal Asher

“I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself. Give me that glass…

— William Shakespeare

“...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every darkened recess of my mind, his absolution won my…

— Jake Wood

“We will pick our way through the shards of broken objects folly leaves behind. And some of what breaks will be very beautiful.”

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“I dream of a fortress so strong it can lock out the past.”

— Mako Yoshikawa

“Whatever happens here, your soul’s unbreakable. He kept his eyes closed. It’s a shame the rest of me is made of fucking glass.”

— Lisa Henry

“I am becoming a tyrant, threatening in place of convincing. Unstable instead of steadying. I am suited to the shadows, to the art of…

— Holly Black