Broken Quotes

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Broken crayons can still colour.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Solitude is addictive. Once you discover how peaceful it is, you no longer want or need to deal with people anymore.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I fell in love with you at your worst. I’ve had some of the best times of my life with you at, as you say, your worst. So I can’t even imagine how special life will be when I get to experience your best.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“To me, I see scars of courage. Inflicting them gave him the strength to survive the pain that's plagued him all his life. I'm grateful to every one of them because he's still here, with me.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I live my life balancing on a set of scales, the slightest weight tipping me into darkness. The problem is each time that happens, they never quite rebalance.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Maybe that’s why I write romance. I’m a dreamer at heart. If I can’t have it in real life, I’ll live it on paper instead.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“The darkness still looms over my head, threatening to rain down on me. Some days it does, only now I have people there to help me dry off before it seeps into my bones.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I’m too much. Too broken. Life is better alone. I like it that way.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“It feels like I’m drowning just off shore but no one can see me struggling to stay afloat. I’ve been sinking my whole life, occasionally managing to bob to the surface until the current of misery drags me back under. I don’t want to fight for air anymore. I want to get out. Swim to shore. Live on dry land and accept the fact I might have to dip my toe back into the water every once in a while. I want…I want to fight.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“It never gets easier. Somehow, grief becomes a routine part of life. It never leaves, you simply learn to live around it. Looking”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I think it’s easier to accept things are never going to improve than fight for them to get better.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Music. There’re hidden meanings and emotions in every song. I wonder if that’s why James listens to it so often. He relates to it, maybe uses it as a way to express the things he can’t say out loud.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I did just make an arse out of myself though. I bumped into the hottest guy I’ve ever seen in the toilet and just stared at him like some kind of moron. Think David Gandy but younger.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“It’s amazing how powerful a smile can be, even a forced one. It’s all it takes to fool people into believing you’re not falling apart inside.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“broken crayons can still colour. I’ve”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I’ve being the operative word there. Nobody is capable of getting through this life alone, James. When your boat is drifting from the shore, it’s okay to use an anchor for support. We all need an anchor. Without people to love us, we’d just drift further and further away.” “What”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I’m so fucking happy right now. It’s an emotion I’d almost forgotten and I refuse to let it go.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“As Peter must’ve said a thousand times, broken crayons can still colour.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I’m not just a reader, or a writer; I inhale written words like they’re my oxygen. It’s not a hobby. It’s a passion. People intrigue me. Life intrigues me. I see a story behind every set of eyes I meet, history in every voice. I’ll see someone wearing a smile and wonder what put it there. Words allow me to immerse myself in a whole other world. I get to become a different person.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“He winks and it sends a rush of heat surging through my body. Fuck me, he’s beautiful. He’s still an arse, but a damn gorgeous one.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I’m so sorry, Theodore.”
“No.” Raising his head, he angles his face right in front of mine. “Don’t do that. Don’t you dare apologise for letting me know who you are. All of you. I told you I was here for you, through light and dark, and I meant it.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“He’s stunning. All of him. Even the parts he’s ashamed of. To me, I see scars of courage. Inflicting them gave him the strength to survive the pain that’s plagued him all his life. I’m grateful to every one of them because he’s still here, with me.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“You say that like it devalues your achievement. Writing takes strength, commitment, a unique mind that has the ability to see the world differently and put that vision into words. Don’t ever undersell yourself, Theodore.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“All I know is that life can be exhausting, soul destroying, painful.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Stepping forward, he offers a hand to shake. “Nice to meet you, Tess.”
Please play nice.
“And you, David.”
Bitch!
“Um, my name is James,” he corrects, pursing his eyebrows in confusion.
Tess shrugs. “You’ll always be David to me.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I don’t do it for the credit. I do it because I don’t have enough room in my mind to keep the stories inside. I do it because I can’t talk to people and I need to get my thoughts out. I do it because when my fingers are on that keyboard I can be someone else.” Someone better.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“Heartbreak is uncertainty.
Desolation.
Confusion.
Doubt.
Anger.
Fear.
Heartbreak feels like your entire world is crumbling above your head, and all you can do is sit back and wait for it to crush you.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“I need my mum.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“The mind is life’s most powerful tool…and also the most fragile.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken