“A sleeping man holds in a circle around him the thread of the hours, the order of years and of worlds. He consults them instinctively upon awaking and in one second reads in them the point of the earth that he occupies, the time past until his arousal; but their ranks can be mingled or broken.” MenWorldYearsEarthPastTimeOrderHoursSleepBrokenCirclesThreadArousalTimes Past Author:Marcel Proust
“There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage - only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken.” EndsMarriageBrokenPainfulDivorceDramaticThreadStubbornTangledSummary Author:Wallis Simpson
“Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of them grow up before the thread can be broken.” WellsChildrenSometimesGrowsRealizingGrowing UpSecurityBrokenFragileThread Book:Simply Magic Source: Simply Magic
“A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginning and its promise-filled childhood, as though it could discover new hopes there and retie the broken threads of life. The shoots grow rapidly and eagerly, but it is only a sham life that will never be a genuine tree.” SoulGrowsTreeChildhoodBrokenReturnPromiseFilledGenuineThreadRuinedBudSpringtimeNew HopeThreads Of Life Book:Beneath the Wheel: A Novel Source: Beneath the Wheel: A Novel
“Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.” HeartBrokenWeakSilentExtremesBreathingSatTortureSandBuriedThreadColumnsEarthquakesMarbleMute Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Perhaps he could still weave together the broken threads of his life. And yet, I wanted him here now. I needed him here. In the darkness, if I sat very still, I could almost feel his presence by me, quite near, but not too near. Didn't I promise to keep you safe, he would say softly. I have never broken a promise. Don't look so worried, Jenny. And yet, he would be careful. Careful not to move too close. Careful not to frighten me. Waiting still. I am your shelter. Don't be afraid.” IfsFeelsLooksStillsWould BeWantedTogetherMovingWaitingDarknessBrokenNeededPromiseSafeCarefulWorriedSatBe CarefulShelterThreadI PromiseJenny Author:Juliet Marillier
“In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.” WorldLongSaidWarBodyBrokenBreathsDistanceSoldierPermanentThread Author:Paullina Simons