“I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog, we would get beat up in the street, I had my bike stolen. There was just a lot of real anarchy on the streets and sidewalks.” RealFeelingsRememberHouseStreetsCarBrokenBeatsScaredAnarchyBikeStolenDetroitSidewalkUnsafe Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.” MadeCarBrokenRainHarderAccidentsMade It Author:John Holmes
“If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!” IfsWritingFirstsMeanBeautifulFeltRealizingPerfectVisionTeacherCarBrokenNeededFirst TimeShiningPersistenceShopsReliefWorth ItInsultedRevisionBroken DownBeautiful WordsNew VisionWords Of Hope Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“When I got the job on 'Lost,' I was a broke university student living in the crappiest part of town, with a duct-taped back window on a broken-down car. I existed on peanut butter and tea.” JobsLostCarStudentsBrokenWindowTownsUniversityTeaBrokePeanutsPeanut ButterBroken DownUniversity Students Author:Evangeline Lilly
“One of my pet peeves is that when people are in their automobiles, I think they're exceptionally rude on the road. I would love to have the superpower to make their cars break down after they do something rude on the road so the freeways would be littered with these jackasses who have broken-down cars.” PeopleThinkingWould BeBreakCarBrokenPetRudeBreaking DownAutomobileSuperpowerFreewaysBroken DownJackassesPeevesPet Peeve Author:Chris Carmack
“My dad and I are very different people. For example, he's been stabbed; I'm afraid of bugs. He's a mechanic; I once had to exchange a "broken" rental car because I didn't realize I was driving around with the parking brake on. I could keep going, but you get it.” PeopleDifferentRealizingCarExampleBrokenDadMy DadDrivingKeep GoingMechanicBugsDifferent PeoplesParkingBrakeCar Rental Author:Jason Mulgrew
“America has a broken spirit, that the people that are saying, "Please help me, please let me keep my home, please let me keep my car, please recognize me as a vital human being," they are falling on deaf ears.” PeopleHumansHelpingHomeAmericaSpiritFallHuman BeingsCarBrokenPleaseEarsLet MeHelp MeDeafDeaf EarsBroken SpiritSaying Please Author:Suze Orman
“I used to have horrible cars that would always end up broken down on the highway. When I tried to flag someone down, nobody stopped. But if I pushed my own car, other drivers would get out and push with me. If you want help, help yourself - people like to see that.” PeopleIfsWantEndsHelpingUsedMy OwnCarBrokenHorribleDriversFlagsHighwaysHelp YourselfBroken DownAsking For Help Author:Chris Rock
“My ceiling's broken, my car's got a puncture and we've just lost two matches. But I've got my health and I'll ask the big man upstairs why he didn't give us a point.” MenGivingTwoBigsAsksLostCarBrokenCeilingsUpstairsPuncture Author:Ian Holloway
“Just because your leg might heal doesn't mean it doesn't feel broken. It doesn't mean that a car hitting your body doesn't hurt like the same it would hurt if a car hit your body.” IfsFeelsMeanBodyMightHurtCarBrokenLegsYour BodyHealHitting Author:James Mangold
“People who leave their cars on the street with tape covering their broken windows are obviously too trusting. I mean, when your car did have glass for a window, someone broke into it. How is tape any more of a deterrent? What are the thieves going to say? Ooh, that like looks like duct tape, we can't beat that. Let's look for one with scotch or masking.” PeopleLooksMeanStreetsCarBrokenBeatsWindowGlassesBrokeTapeThievesCoveringScotchDeterrentDuct TapeBroken Windows Author:Aaron Karo
“I got in my car and followed [Marlon Brando] down to Chinatown, and got about twelve shots. Brando called me over and said, What else do you want that you don't have already? And I said, I'd like a picture without the sunglasses. He said no and punched me right in the jaw, It was so fast I didn't see it coming. Blood was gushing out of my mouth. I drove to Bellevue. The jawbone and five teeth were broken... To this day he has scars on his knuckles from my teeth.” WantSaidFiveBloodCarBrokenMouthsShotsTeethThis DayScarTwelveSunglassesKnucklesBrandoChinatown Author:Ron Galella
“The dog writhing in the gutter, its back broken by a passing car, knows what it is to be alive. So too with the aged elk of the far north woods, slowly dying in the bitter cold of winter. The asphalt upon which the dog lies knows no pain. The snow upon which the elk has collapsed knows not the cold. But living beings do.” KnowsPainLyingAliveDyingDogCarBrokenColdWinterWoodsPassingSnowPassingsBitterGuttersNo PainAsphaltElkBitter Cold Author:George Greenstein
“My car was broken into four times before it was stolen. That can drive you nuts - the repetition. I'd wake up every morning and put on my jeans over my pajamas to run down and see if my car was still on the street. That's not a pleasant way to live.” IfsWayStillsRunningMorningFourStreetsCarBrokenWake UpDown AndPleasantNutsEvery MorningRepetitionJeansStolenWay To LivePajamas Author:Charles Schumer
“Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that if I didn't find a way to get all the pain out, I was going to lose my mind. I was crazy! Like, wanting to slash tires and smash car windows. Crazy! I was so hurt that I had to write.” IfsWayWritingYearsMindFirstsHeartPainLosesHurtCrazyCarBrokenMy HeartWindowTireImpetusWriting PoemsSo Hurt Author:Jill Scott
“I remember hearing myself start to whimper, a five-year-old, crouched by the side of the road, staring into my father's eyes, whimpering because it was so dark and there was no one coming to help, whimpering because my mother was back in the crushed car, not moving, and my father was lying here in the dirt, not answering me, not holding me, not comforting me, not helping my mother get out of the car, and there was blood, so much blood, and broken glass everywhere, and it was so dark and so cold and no one was coming to help.” YearsHelpingEyeRememberMovingLyingMotherFatherSidesDarkFiveBloodCarBrokenColdGlassesHearingStaringFive YearsDirtComfortingCrushedFive Year OldsBroken GlassLying Here Book:Bitten Source: Bitten
“Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.” HeartHelpingMagicCarBrokenHarmEngines Book:The Mystery of Grace Source: The Mystery of Grace
“What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything," I say, "even the bad stuff. Every sleepless night, every second of being lonely, every time the car broke down, every wad of gum on my shoe, every late bill and losing lottery ticket and bruise and broken dish and piece of burnt toast." His voice is soft. "Why, darlin'?" "Because it all led me here to you.” ThinkingKnowsHardNightHateAsksStuffVoicePiecesCarCryTearsBrokenLateLosingLonelySightBillsShoesBrokeDishesTicketsUndoneToastsLotteryBlinkBruisesEvery SecondGumBeing LonelyBad StuffSleepless NightsLottery Ticket Book:Sugar Daddy: A Novel Source: Sugar Daddy: A Novel
“Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a horse, a dollar. You can break the ice. There are coffee breaks and lunch breaks and prison breaks. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Chains can be broken. So can silence, and fever... promises break. Hearts break.” HeartVoiceSilenceBreakRecordsCarBrokenPromiseHorseDollarsPrisonGlassesWaveCoffeeIceChainsContractsLunchDishesChipsPotatoesFeverHeart BreakFingernailsPotato ChipsPrison BreakCoffee BreakHandle With CareLunch Break Book:Handle with Care: A Novel Source: Handle with Care: A Novel