Fragility Of Life Quotes

Years vanish. Months collapse. Time is like a tall building made of playing cards. It seems orderly until a strong gust of wind comes along and blows the whole thing skyward. Imagine it: an entire deck of cards soaring like a flock of birds.

~ Dani Shapiro

We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.

~ Desmond Tutu

When night comes on in a room lit by kerosene, any flicker of the flame can give the sense that darkness is about to triumph.

~ Larry Watson

He put the car in gear and went, feeling again how easy it had been to slip through an unexpected fissure in what he had considered a solid life- how easy it was to get over onto the dark side, to sail out of the blue and into the black.

~ Stephen King