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Fragility Quotes

Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility.

Kofi A. Annan (2015). “We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century”, p.64, Routledge

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

"Dressed To Thrill" by Judith Thurman, www.newyorker.com. May 16, 2011.

...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.

Walter Scott (2015). “The Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated): The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, Peveril of the Peak, A Legend of Montrose, The Fortunes of Nigel, Tales from Benedictine Sources…”, p.845, e-artnow

There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts.

"A Thief’s Journal". Book by Jean Genet, 1949.

Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.

Jalaja Bonheim (1997). “Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

An appearance of delicacy, and even fragility, is almost essential to beauty.

Edmund Burke (1824). “A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”, p.121

I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.

"David LaChapelle’s ‘Still Life’: Celebrity Photographer On Bullying, Fame And Manic Depression". Interview with Priscilla Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2012.