“something is always falling apart in me.”

“That, to me, is the quintessential experience of living in the United States: constantly worrying whether or not the country is about to fall apart.”

Sarah Vowell book Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

“I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall apart and see options instead of endings.”

Sarah Dessen (1970) American writer

“Things fall apart, it's scientific.”

David Byrne (1952) Scottish alternative rock musician and promoter of world music

“Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.”

Daniel Keyes book Flowers for Algernon

“Somebody sees me, and I see myself through them. Then it’s all gone, the whole world falls apart.”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

“I never fall apart, because I never fall together.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

“Taking a thing apart is always faster than putting something together. This is true of everything except marriage.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

“For most of us, once something was busted, it was game over. I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall apart and see options instead of endings.”

Sarah Dessen (1970) American writer

“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer