“Like my father, I would never as a child throw anything away, keeping old toys, electric motors and bits of broken machines under my bed in what I called my Box of Useful Things.” ChildrenFatherBitsBrokenBedMachinesBoxesToysElectricMotorUseful ThingsElectric Motors Author:Nick Park
“I keep myself locked as a box when it matters, and broken open when it doesn't matter at all.” MatterBrokenBoxesLocked Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. Everybody knows the captain lied. Everybody got this broken feeling, like their father or their dog just died. Everybody talking to their pockets. Everybody wants a box of chocolates and a long-stem rose. Everybody knows.” KnowsWantLongFeelingsFatherTalkingDogBrokenDiedRoseBoxesBoatPocketsChocolateCaptainsStemLiedBox Of Chocolates Author:Leonard Cohen
“Any place you love is the world to you”, explained the pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life, and prided herself on her broken heart; “but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent. I remember myself once- But it is no matter now. Romance is a thing of the past.” WorldHeartMatterPastRememberRomanceSufferingLove IsDealsPoetBrokenSilentBoxesWheelsFashionableEarly LifePensivePlaces You Love Author:Oscar Wilde
“For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.” MomentsBrokenTestsCloudsBoxesHolesCheatingLunchEssaysCondomSneakersCrayonFlakesWintergirls Book:Wintergirls Source: Wintergirls
“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. For one breath everything feels better. Then it melts. The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Everyone shuffles forward. They don't know what just happened. They can't remember.” KnowsFeelsMomentsRememberLyingHappenedBrokenMouthsTestsBreathsCloudsBoxesWideHolesSnowIceCurseGirlfriendCheatingDriversBusLunchEnginesFeel BetterEssaysZombieJuiceTobaccoStainsCrawlingCondomSneakersGreaseCrayonFlakesTiltShuffleBus Driver Author:Laurie Halse Anderson