Damage Quotes

“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.”
― Shannon Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

“I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“Unconditional love is like a country of two with no laws and no government. Which is all fine if everyone is peaceful and law abiding. In the wrong hands, though, you got looting and crime sprees, and let me tell you, the people who demand unconditional love are usually the ones who will rob and pillage and then blame you because you left your door unlocked.”
― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.”
― Michael Connelly, The Black Echo

“When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children”
― PAT CONROY(AUTHOR)

“Since love and hate can be fierce partners in crime, it is highly recommended to trace any early indicia of the fault lines in a shaky relationship in order to avert irreparable damage. ("Mes cliques et mes claques" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful] is contrary to the truth, just as I will show you with a hypothetical case. Let us suppose they did this intending to draw fools away from foolishness. It would be as if I attacked fire -- a very good and necessary element nevertheless -- because some people burnt themselves, or water because someone drowned. The same can be said of all good things which can be used well or used badly. But one must not attack them if fools abuse them.”
― Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies

“What if I told you that damage doesn't define you and the way you survive is no one else's business?”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

“Memory loss is one way of coping with damage.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“A little damage makes people more interesting, right?”
― Catherine Hapka, Something Borrowed

“This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mum. We doused the burning bush and cannot rekindle it; we are lighting matches in vain under every green tree.”
― Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

“I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself in its totality makes you safe.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully, educated people can succeed in shedding light into these areas of prejudice and ignorance, for as Voltaire once said: 'Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.”
― Martin Gardner

“Politics bores you?" Bronsen said.

Julien smiled. "It does. Apologies, sir, and it is not that I haven't tried to be fascinated. But careful and meticulous research has suggested the hypothesis that all politicians are liars, fools, and tricksters, and I have as yet come across no evidence to the contrary. They can do great damage, and rarely any good. It is the job of the sensible man to try and protect civilization from their depradations.”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

“People do tend to burrow in
for winter holidays
but then
burrowing can be as damaging
(implosion, avoidance)
as it can be cozy
(buzzword: self-care)
maybe one maybe t'other
maybe some of both.”
― Shellen Lubin

“I know we met before you rescued me at the well. Were you my guard?'

He worked his jaw.

For a second she didn't think he would answer.

Then he shook his head. 'No. I'm generally better at doing damage than protecting.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Sometimes, it's not always possible to mend what you've damaged; instead, you must strive to adapt and coexist with it.”
― Carlos Wallace, Why Sell Lies When The Truth Is Free

“We all do damage. We may all leave marks upon the world. Every stumble, every mistake, leaves a scar. But every misstep is an opportunity for growth, it's in the sincere effort of restoration that we showcase our real character. Character is determined by how we repair it.”
― Carson Anekeya

“I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they continue.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“Most people do not realize how much damage a child that has been raised in a broken home may have.”
― Steven Magee

“Most people with COVID-19 pick up some damage from it. It may not be apparent, but it is there.”
― Steven Magee

“Being intimate with many people is how illnesses and diseases spread. The more people you sleep with, the more likely you are to damage your health.”
― Steven Magee

“Historic Lahaina town was destroyed and widespread damage was in Kihei and Kula, caused by the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

“You damage your energy by being around negative people.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Trust is damaging, blind trust is catastrophic !”
― Malar

“If the bridge of communication is solid, then they’ll never be too much water under the bridge that lays upstream.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Treating truth as a bargainable commodity is much like planting a time bomb that immediately resets itself after every explosion.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Deception and lies do irreversible damage to relationships.”
― Malar

“Would you rather have a 100 percent chance nothing happens to your Stradivarius, or would you rather have music coming from your Stradivarius? You can’t have both.”
― Patrick Bringley