fragile strength Quotes

The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.

Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same time. They bring complexity to their roles.

Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.' Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part.

It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting throught the wind, wanting to start again. Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin, like a house of cards, one blow from caving in.

In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.

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.

A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant shadow of illness, and even rise to moments of rampant joy, but the shadow remains, and one has to make space for it.

You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of a child's hand. Life turns on a dime, and - it turns out - so does one's conscience.

He who holds me by a thread is not strong; the thread is strong.

I like complex characters. I've been very, very lucky to portray, in these past three years, characters that are strong and fragile at the same time. It's those characters that I'm looking for. In the last year and half I played three different religions, and that allowed me to educate myself so much.

In fashion even what seems most fragile must be built on cement.

Like a jar you housed the infinite tenderness, and the infinite oblivion shattered you like a jar.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

I know that I am birdlike, made narrow and small as if for taking flight, built straight-waisted and fragile. But when he touches me like he can't bear to take his hand away, I don't wish I was any different.

Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.