Abbi Glines Quotes

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.

If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most.

He could shred me so easily. A few words, a desperate look, and I was cut wide open.

We have the idea that our hearts, once broken, scar over with an indestructible tissue that prevents their ever breaking again in quite the same place.

I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow.

Nobody climbs on skis now and almost everybody breaks their legs but maybe it is easier in the end to break your legs than to break your heart although they say that everything breaks now and that sometimes, afterwards, many are stronger at the broken places.

There were only so many ways a man‟s heart could break, and he had a feeling his couldn‟t survive another puncture.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.

Love makes me vulnerable. In business I'm tough on myself - I'm like a drill sergeant. If I'm down, I'm used to getting right back up, but when it comes to love, your heart can't do that.

I've been hurt quite a few times.

Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Sometimes words are harder than blows.

Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided.

Never let your face show how hard they are taking your ass.

A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.

Painful breakups can have profound effects on the body and mind.

Choosing to remain vulnerable and sensitive despite disappointments or heartbreak helps me stay authentic to my life. It is the hardest part.

I love scars.

After 9/11, you kind of didn't want to open up your heart to more pain.

I have heart, and you can't break heart.