#broke

He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#love #love

A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said. ↗

— Patti Callahan Henry

#country-songs #men #ocean #summer #men

David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand. And what was that? God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel. ↗

— Gene Edwards

#men

It has been said that a lot of women of our generation "grew up to be the men they always wanted to marry ↗

— Merle Shain

#merle-shain #men

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform." Christina Baldwin, author of Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with author's permission ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#forgive #grieve #long #transform #forgiveness

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#begun #broken #friendships #never #off

I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#around #become #broken #completely #country

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#broke #consideration #elemental #leading #means

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken? ↗

— Sitting Bull

#beat #broken #children #come #drunk

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype. ↗

— Joan Chen

#different #different kind #doing #down #explodes