"There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere."

-- Edward Abbey

#Heartbreaking Quotes

“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.”
“A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number 1... no matter what number you have in mind, infinity is larger still.”
“That's where the songs come from: that's what I'd most want people to understand. What sounds good or looks good, that's nothing. The only worthwhile thing in art is seeing someone else's heart.”
“Plato described ordinary life as unthinking, lived in a dim cave of shadowy reflections, but said that it is possible to leave the cave and see things in sunlit clarity as they actually are.”
“Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We arenâ€™t merely objects of desire.”
“If I can be an advocate for people to get healthy that's good, and it's not about just needing to go to the gym.”

Source : "The Brilliantly Weird, Abtastic World Of Post-Fame Craig David". Interview with Jamie Fullerton, www.buzzfeed.com. June 16, 2015.
“Mistakes quickly pile up and coalesce into a reputation, and a reputation is hard to shake.”
“Getting my father to throw anything away was pretty difficult. He was not trying to hide who he was, and he said, you don't have to hide the fact that I'm manic-depressive. You can tell people that's who I am. It's - explains a lot about your situation.”

Source : "'Infinitely Polar Bear' Director Relives Childhood With Mentally Ill Parent". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. June 22, 2015.

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