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Broken Angels QUOTES

Broken Angels QUOTES

1 " She never indulged in self-pity, nor did she point the finger of blame for her misfortunes. Her heart was clear of bitterness. I believe that if a person’s strength of character is measured at the end of his or her life, it is by these qualities—qualities that allow a life to be lived, free of those restraints we place upon ourselves. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

2 " She believes that everyone we meet influences us, that we need to hear their stories to learn more about ourselves. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

3 " Love is more than just a word. It is something you grow into with time. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

4 " Each time my mother sank to the bottom of cold despair, she would always find a break in the ice above, to breathe new air, to find new purpose. She never indulged in self-pity, nor did she point the finger of blame for her misfortunes. Her heart was clear of bitterness. I believe that if a person’s strength of character is measured at the end of his or her life, it is by these qualities—qualities that allow a life to be lived, free of those restraints we place upon ourselves. But that doesn’t mean we should forget. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

5 " There is no shame to not love your own flesh and blood. As I have discovered, the people I value most in the world do not share mine. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

6 " I think that this place can strip a person of human traits. It can make one desire nothing and hope for even less. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

7 " Love is more than just a word. It is something we grow into with time. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

8 " We will never go back there. We will never again be friends,’ he said to Mama, Leah, and me. And I understood. You cannot go back once you learn the truth about people’s feelings. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

9 " You are the only person with the power to control your thoughts and attitudes. No one can touch you in here,” I say, pointing to my head. “You don’t have to change who you are because of what has happened to you. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

10 " He taught me not to dwell or attach myself to things from the past that were no longer useful, and that sentimentality was for people who did not want to move forward in this world. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

11 " It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a long white dress to be christened. The path to the church led up a steep slope, but I held the child in my arms firmly and without faltering. Then suddenly my footing gave way . . . I had enough time to put the child down before plunging into the abyss. The child is our idea. In spite of all obstacles it will prevail. —Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), German student executed for her involvement in the nonviolent anti-Nazi resistance group the White Rose "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

12 " What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die. —Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

13 " The sun breaks through the clouds, streaking color across a city that struggles to find reasons to meet the day. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

14 " But now I understand things. I know that to know love, you have to feel pain first. That is when you can truly understand what it is and how to appreciate it. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

15 " You need to think about the future, not the past. You "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

16 " That someone could rescue me from death and ask for nothing in return is a concept I struggle to accept. I am used to begging for more and receiving even less. I nearly gave my heart to Simon, but I do not believe that he loved me, not in the way I was hoping. I believed in his cause, but I have to admit that he felt no love for me. In Simon’s life there was no room. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

17 " I feel a cold sweat break out over me. This is not a world I belong to. It can’t be. Nothing can be the same. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

18 " Sometimes solitude offers the kindest company. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

19 " for reaching an age that many dreamed about? While others died among strangers—cold, hungry, without a name, their ancestry buried or burned with them. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels

20 " I’m not lonely. There are too many people inside of me, too many from my past to ever feel lonely. "

― Gemma Liviero , Broken Angels