“Don’t be so vain to think that you ruined me, that you wrecked me, destroyed me. I am the only one who has the power to do that.”— Amanda Helm, rushingwonder.tumblr.com
“If I let you, you would make me destroy myself. In order to survive you, I must first survive myself.”— Maynard James Keenan, youtube.com
“It’s the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.”— Dorothy Koomson, amazon.com
“The way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. ‘Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire’ – that’s the truth.”— Marilynne Robinson, amazon.com
“...you’re too good for this world, and because of that, the world will eventually crush you.”— Paul Auster, amazon.com
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”— Steve Maraboli, Dr. Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.com
“A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life. I have a mad impulse to smash something, a warehouse, perhaps, or a cathedral, or myself, to commit outrages, to pull off the wigs of a few revered idols.”— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com