“It is the vain endeavor to make ourselves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough.” PurposeLeftBrokenVainRoughEndeavor Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“With the half of a broken hope for a pillow at night That somehow the right is the right And the smooth shall bloom from the rough: Lord, if that were enough?” IfsEnoughNightHopeHalfLordBrokenRoughSmoothPillow Book:Songs of Travel: And Other Verses Source: Songs of Travel: And Other Verses
“It's rough to be mugged all the time, to have your place broken into all the time. You can buy a building for very little, but then the building has a fire and you have no money, so you have to fix it all yourself.” LittlesFireBuildingBrokenRoughNo Money Author:Francesca DiMattio
“The thirst for something other than what we have…to bring something new, even if it is worse, some emotion, some sorrow; when our sensibility, which happiness has silenced like an idle harp, wants to resonate under some hand, even a rough one, and even if it might be broken by it.” IfsWantHandsInspirationMightEmotionBrokenSorrowSomething NewRoughSensibilityIdleThirstHarps Author:Marcel Proust
“How will it ever be bearable, Priestess?” His voice was rough. He sounded completely broken. “You’ll see her again. She’s with Nyx now. She’ll either wait for you in the Goddess’s meadow, or she’ll be reborn and her soul will find you again during this lifetime. You can bear it because you know that spirit never really ends-we never really end.” KnowsSoulEndsSpiritWaitingVoiceBrokenBearsLifetimeRoughGoddessYou AgainMeadowsRebornBearablePriestessesNyx Author:P. C. Cast
“You’re like Marilyn Monroe,’ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous “Thank You”. Interrupting, he adds, ‘You’re all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because you’re sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say “Hey! This toy is broken!” and toss you aside without feeling bad.” MenWantFeelingsBrokenAddSexyNervousHeyRoughComplimentToysTossVelvetFeeling BadInterruptingVelcro Author:Emma Forrest