“You know, so if the audience thinks that I'm sad or fragile or emotional, it's because I want them to think that.”— Seth Meyers, Izabella Barta, Cate Blanchett, imdb.com
“Life is so fleeting. So fragile. Every breath of potential may not last.”— Tim Schlattmann, imdb.com
“Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.”— Lewis Carroll, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough was, but it isn’t”— James Frey, goodreads.com
“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what’s real and what’s not. They understand metaphor and symbol.”— Maurice Sendak, nytimes.com
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”— Brandon Sanderson, amazon.com
“Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can.”— Marisha Pessl, amazon.com
“Love hurts. Love is fragile. Love comes like a breath of magic, then departs leaving us feeling empty, alone, a paper cup blowing on the wind.”— Chloe Thurlow, amazon.com
“I understand addiction now. I never did before, you know. How could a man (or a woman) do something so self-destructive, knowing that they’re hurting not only themselves, but the people they love? It seemed that it would be so incredibly easy for them to just not take that next drink. Just stop. It’…”— Marie Sexton, amazon.com