“One of the things I thought about when I was writing was, when you love someone—well, especially when you love someone, you love them not only despite their fragility, but also because of it.”— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com
“Avoid those who believe they are stronger than you, because they are actually concealing their own fragility.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“The tenderest relations are often the most delicate and subtle, and 'trifles light as air' may scatter and utterly destroy the sensitive gossamer threads extending between one heart and another, as easily as a child's passing foot destroys the spider's web woven on the dewy grass in the early mornin…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.”— Alan Shepard, en.wikiquote.org
“Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can.”— Marisha Pessl, amazon.com
“I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“You're arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that's a lie and you know it.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“Although she was fragile in appearance, every prohibition lost substance in her presence. She knew how to go beyond the limit without ever truly suffering the consequences. In the end people gave in, and were even, however unwillingly, compelled to praise her.”— Elena Ferrante, amazon.com