“There are many ways that we grow, but there are two major ways: We shed what no longer works, or we're broken open. If we're unwilling to shed, then we will be broken open. Through shedding, we are worn down, just as nature is eroded to its beauty. I think that through suffering, human beings are eroded to our beauty.” IfsThinkingWayHumansTwoSufferingGrowsHuman BeingsBrokenMajorsShedWornUnwilling Author:Mark Nepo
“Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.” IfsWayWantHumansHeartMadeHuman BeingsBrokenBeing Broken Book:Blue Diary Source: Blue Diary
“... no one knows anything about a strike until he has seen it break down into its component parts of human beings.” KnowsHumansHuman BeingsBreakBrokenLaborStrikesBreaking DownComponentsLabor Movement Author:Mary Heaton Vorse
“I do not know how bad a life has to break in order to kill. I have never been so hungry that I willed hunger. I have never been so angry as to want to control a gun over a pen. Not really. Even as a woman, as a Palestinian, as a broken human being. Never this broken.” KnowsWantHumansOrderHuman BeingsBreakKnow HowBrokenGunAngryHungerHungryPensPalestinian Author:Suheir Hammad