“Nick is delicate. Like a flower. Like a chubby, damaged flower who hates himself.”— J. J. Philbin, Schmidt, Max Greenfield, imdb.com
“I believe this world is a damaged place, and if you can find a sliver of happiness, stay in it as long as you can.”— Nick Jones, Poussey Washington, Samira Wiley, imdb.com
“I chose Rita because she was damaged. If she gets better I'll lose her for sure.”— Kevin Maynard, Lauren Gussis, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com
“We're all damaged, it seems. Some of us, more than others....We carry the damage with us from childhood, then as grownups, we give as good as we get....Ultimately, we all do damage....And then, we set about the business of fixing whatever we can.”— Mimi Schmir, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“show me the most damaged parts of your soul, and i will show you how it still shines like gold.”— Nikita Gill, meanwhilepoetry.tumblr.com
“We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.”— Alice Miller, alice-miller.com
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”— Alan Paton, amazon.com
“Sure, you’ve caused a few accidents. But you’re working to fix the damage. You’re trying. That’s enough.”— Caitlin Conlon, thoughtcatalog.com
“It's a helluva lot easier to accept who you are, in all your damaged glory, than to try to be someone you're not. It's sure a hell of a lot more fun, too.”— Dan Fogelman, Duke, Adam Bartley, imdb.com
“Sometimes you just can’t fix all the broken pieces, no matter how much you want to save them. Sometimes things are too crushed and damaged to be put back together.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You want someone to sweep you off your feet, but you’re more interested in getting swept off your feet than the someone who’s doing the sweeping. You seem like you got it totally together, but you’re actually really emotionally damaged.”— Keith Merryman, Quincy, Andy Samberg, amazon.com
“Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Nobody warned me it would break us. But it did. Or rather, it broke me, and then I broke us.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s not just that I’ve put on weight, or that my face is puffy from the drinking and the lack of sleep; it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com