Welcome to our curated collection of broken glass quotes, where the fragility of glass serves as a metaphor for the delicate nature of human emotions, relationships, and experiences. Just as glass can shatter into countless pieces with the slightest force, so too can our hearts and spirits feel shattered by life’s challenges and setbacks. In literature, art, and everyday conversation, the imagery of broken glass evokes feelings of vulnerability, resilience, and the potential for beauty amidst destruction.
Throughout history, writers, poets, philosophers, and artists have drawn inspiration from the symbolism of broken glass to explore themes of love and loss, resilience and renewal, and the complexities of the human condition. From poignant reflections on heartbreak to powerful meditations on the strength found in picking up the pieces, these quotes offer insight, solace, and inspiration for navigating life’s inevitable trials and tribulations. Below, you’ll find a collection of profound and thought-provoking quotes on this topic, which you can use to reflect, share, or even creatively enhance with imagery and design.
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov
I believe that women would crawl across broken glass to get a cool pair of shoes. Peter Marino
I took out a whole fireplace and put in broken glass and installed a burner underneath, so it looks like fire on ice. I did that in my bedroom suite. I’m pretty handy. Cory Monteith
My dad had a guitar but it was acoustic, so I smashed a mirror and glued broken glass to it to make it look more metal. It looked ridiculous! Max Cavalera
Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together. Billie Joe Armstrong
I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all. Burl Ives
I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass. Christopher Columbus
As a child, I personally didn’t really get to know any Jews. I was eight years old when the Night of Broken Glass happened. And Ludwigshafen was purely a workers’ city, so we didn’t have a very big Jewish community. What I did know about the Jews, I heard from my mother. My mother was very much pro-Jewish. Helmut Kohl
We’ve got a lot of players not playing domestic football week in, week out. What is it? Is it the crest on their chest that makes them raise their game? It must be. It’s playing for Wales. It’s powerful and everybody would walk on broken glass to get into this squad. Rob Page
As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey? Eddie Condon
People even describe the way I speak as sounding like gurgling with broken glass. Some people can’t stand me; they hate my voice. Richard Quest
I’d crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford. Jon Bon Jovi
In my new IFC comedy game show, ‘Bunk,’ we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer – giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc. Kurt Braunohler
