#fragile

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ↗

— Randolph Bourne

#fragile #friendships #handling #much #other

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#fragile #i #like #little #look

I think you're a little more fragile when you're younger. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#i #i think #little #more #think

We are told that the trouble with modern man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature... In this scenario, Man comes on as a stupendous lethal force, and the Earth is pictured as something delicate, like rising bubbles at the surface of a country pond, or flights of fragile birds. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#birds #bubbles #comes #country #delicate

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#business #confidence #constitute #consumer #consumer confidence

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas and pursue our abstract imaginings. ↗

— Belinda Jeffrey

#fleeting-thoughts #fragile #hearts #ideas #intangible

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing. ↗

— David Duval

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The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#economic #fragile #future #global #imbalances

I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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