Quote by Roxane Gay

“The body is not a fortress, no matter what we may do to make it such.”

— Roxane Gay

“I so badly needed to self-destruct.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“And I so badly needed to self-destruct.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“No-one ever built themselves up by tearing down another.”

— Brian Randleas

“Let the sandcastle collapse. In its place, I will build a fortress—one that the waves of nature and time could never destroy.”

— Bella Forrest

“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

“At that realization, I swore to myself that through it all, I would always be by his side. Let the sandcastle collapse. In its…

— Bella Forrest

“I’m not the white-picket-fence kind of guy. So don’t go building castles in the air. You’ll get trapped in the rubble when they collapse.”

— Maureen Child

“I distrust a demolition complicated with wrath.”

— Victor Hugo

“Each of us is an impregnable fortress that can be laid waste only from within.”

— Timothy Flynn

“Life is better without the walls, everyone agrees. Still, sometimes I'm afraid of the outside world, and every so often in my private thoughts…

— Patrick Carman

“I cannot prevent people from destroying. All I can do is keep building.”

— Elif Shafak