Fixing Quotes

“According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn't speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did. Still, it's an apt metaphor for our profession. But there's another kind of hole, and that is the wound that divides family. Sometimes this wound occurs at the moment of birth, sometimes it happens later. We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them.”
― Patricia Briggs, Bone Crossed

“She was a woman with a broom or a dust-
pan or a washrag or a mixing spoon in her hand. You saw
her cutting piecrust in the morning, humming to it, or you
saw her setting out the baked pies at noon or taking them in,
cool, at dusk. She rang porcelain cups like a Swiss bell ringer
to their place. She glided through the halls as steadily as a
vacuum machine, seeking, finding, and setting to rights. She
made mirrors of every window, to catch the sun. She strolled
but twice through any garden, trowel in hand, and the flowers
raised their quivering fires upon the warm air in her wake.
She slept quietly and turned no more than three times in a
night, as relaxed as a White glove to which, at dawn, a brisk
hand will return. Waking, she touched people like pictures,
to set their frames straight.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“You work so hard to fix yourself, but maybe what you need isn't another tactic, another book, another expert, another five-step plan. Maybe, you don't need to be fixed. Maybe, what's really holding you back is the idea that you need to be fixed. Maybe you just need to let yourself play instead of always making yourself do homework.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Smile. Smile until all that's left are the pieces of your broken heart that are slowly fixing itself.”
― Ammiel Josiah Osia Monterde

“I would like to propose that the reason our actions have been so manifestly unsuccessful in steering the world away from its present collision course is that we have not, generally speaking, been basing them on any true understanding.”
― Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible

“Broken people do broken things, but it doesn't mean that those things should be excused. Like broken things, broken people can be 'mended'.”
― Naomi Abiah :)

“A proper apology consists of conveying the 3 Rs:
regret (genuine empathy with the other)responsibility (not blaming someone else)and remedy (your willingness to fix it).”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“There was so much filth to clean up; so many broken pieces to fix; so many errors to correct. Every morning she left her house she let out a quiet sigh, as if in one breath she could will away detritus of the previous day.

--Three Daughters of Eve”
― Elif Shafak

“It’s really hard to be angry when you’re grateful.”
― Freequill

“You left me the kind of broken that fears fixing.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Trying to fix all mistakes is a mistake.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Correcting the correction is back to square one.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“Parfois (...) on s'évertue à vouloir réparer les choses quand il faut simplement trouver un moyen de les casser mieux.”
― Dominique Fortier, Les ombres blanches

“The plates of the continental shelf - the world itself - had shifted, and their first concern was putting things back in place. He could have told them it was no use, though his whole life he'd done the same.”
― Stewart O'Nan, West of Sunset

“The people with the best chance of fixing crazy are those that are in the process of going crazy.”
― Steven Magee

“Love is like a beautiful glass, transparent, precious and clear.

Once broken, you can imagine how it looks.
Can be fixed but it's never same again.”
― Ratish Edwards

“We can't stop the seasons' changing, but we can fix the Earth by replanting it. The world was created in perfect balance, but our wrong actions led to having freezing winters in some regions and burning hot summers in others.
This planet that God created was made perfectly; it only needs help to regain its original beautiful state.”
― Noora Ahmed Alsuwaidi

“Breaking News - The Government Has FIXED UP everything.”
― Amit Abraham

“Taking down the ‘Out of Order’ sign doesn’t fix the problem.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Loneliness is something you get used to until you no longer recognize it as something that needs fixing you simply are lonely and that is that”
― H.L. Macfarlane, Prince of Foxes

“You can’t fix something you don’t think is broken.”
― Melanie A. Smith, Finding His Redemption

“When I realized the doctors did not have the medical skills to fix me, I knew fixing me was my responsibility.”
― Steven Magee

“It is a social duty to focus your expertise onto fixing a global pandemic.”
― Steven Magee

“Someone very dear to me once pointed out that supporting someone and fixing them are two different things. Loving and accepting all the broken pieces is the very definition of friendship.”
― April White, Code of Conduct

“The basis of anti-aging is finding and fixing nutrient, hormonal and light deficiencies that occur with age.”
― Steven Magee

“Fixing my broken mind and body was very similar to fixing a complex broken machine that needed many new parts.”
― Steven Magee

“I am a ‘solutions’ kind of guy.”
― Steven Magee

“When stamping out a fire, be sure you are not wearing wooden shoes.”
― Aegelis, Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light

“You will never fix any problem by pretending it doesn't exist.”
― Laurence Overmire