“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.” IfsShouldHeartBodyLightNightSongFallStarsHoursLonelinessBrokenGoes OnTiredWingsWinterGladLovelyIf I CouldAcheThirstyUnchangingWinter NightBroken Wings Book:Flame and Shadow Source: Flame and Shadow
“Conversation is the wall we build between ourselves and other people, too often with tired words like used and broken bottles which, catching the sunlight as they lie embedded in the wall, are mistaken for jewels.” PeopleUsedLyingBrokenWallConversationTiredBottlesSunlightMistakenJewelsCatchingEmbedded Book:Faces in the water Source: Faces in the water
“It is completely acceptable to be tired because it means you're working hard. But it's not acceptable to be stressed because that means things are going wrong or your head is broken.” MeanHardBrokenTiredAcceptableStressed Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Some field days can be tough. I've worked inside fuel tanks with 3 foot ceilings, in -42 to +42 Celsius temperatures, in snow and smoke and hail, and I've dug through snow and ice and pavement to find legal evidence. I've worked clear through the night by headlamp, and I've flown in a rickety long-islander with propane tanks strapped into the other seats. I've jury-rigged missing equipment, broken into my own truck, and cut out an emergency helicopter pad with a machete. I've been hungry, cold, tired, lost, injured, and downright hopeless!” LongNightLostMy OwnClearCuttingFeetMissingFieldsBrokenColdEvidenceToughTiredHungrySnowIceSmokeSeatsFuelHopelessEquipmentEmergenciesTruckTemperatureInjuredTanksCeilingsJuryHailPadsPavementHelicoptersRiggedMachetesPropane Author:Mark Mason
“I want to talk about one barrier that has not been broken. I want you to support Hillary [Clinton] for me, too, because I want to break a ceiling. I am tired of the stranglehold that women have had on the job of presidential spouse.” WantJobsBreakSupportBrokenTiredClintonPresidentialBarriersI Want YouSpouseCeilings Author:William J. Clinton
“I'm beginning to feel that no author has the right to tear his characters apart if he doesn't know how, or feel that he knows how (poor sucker) to put them together again. I'm tired—my God, so tired—of leaving them all broken on the page with just 'The End' written underneath.” IfsKnowsFeelsEndsCharacterTogetherPoorKnow HowWrittenTearsBrokenPagesTiredLeavingI'm TiredSuckerTogether Again Author:J. D. Salinger
“You've got to shake your fists at lightning now, you've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light like blazes all across the sky They're going to aim the hoses on you, show 'em you won't expire Not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die Come on now, you've got to try, if you're feeling contempt, well then you tell it If you're tired of the silent night, Jesus, well then you yell it Condemned to wires and hammers, strike every chord that you feel That broken trees and elephant ivories conceal” IfsFeelsTryingWellsShowsFeelingsLightNightDiesPassionJesusFireTreeSkyBrokenAimTiredSilentSpreadStrikesForestsShakesEmsContemptLightningElephantsFistsWireChordsHammersIvoryForest FiresSilent Night Author:Joni Mitchell