“We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.”

“We are stronger in our broken places.”

“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.”

“Strong in all the Broken Places”

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

“My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.'We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”

“I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.”