1,411 Quotes About Broken

Old pictures deceive us a lot. They delude us that we are alive in them, and this is not true, because the person we look at in them no longer exists, and if he could see us, he would not recognize himself in us and he would say, Who is this who looks at me with a sad face!

Never in her life had she seen him this way--without that smirking assurance in his mouth. In his eyes. In his shoulders. He looked like another man; like a boy. Like a poor, beaten little boy no one had ever actually loved; an orphan in a Jacob Riis photograph, patched trousers, smudge-faced.

The strongest and most resilient among us have been broken and often traveled a ragged road.

How was I supposed to knowthat slamming doors was saying goodbyeyou did it all the time and he still let you homehow was I to know that your lovewas not a map to follow

Take all the time you need to heal emotionally. Moving on doesn’t take a day, it takes lots of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self.

Aren't we all just a little broken? This is what separates us from each other; because there are those that accept this and thrive and those that do not and wither.

There is nothing more harmful thanhiding pain inside your heartand hurting soul.

It takes a lot to shatter a person whose soul whispers,“I’ve been through worse.

So many beautiful people begin from a place of being broken... but let’s not call it broken – instead, let’s say that so many beautiful people who once weren’t able to move to the beat of their own drums then rise up to create breath-taking music on this earth. Their talents, their successes and their very beings inspire us. When we accept that it’s ok not to be ok, we start dancing to a rhythm of our own.