“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.
“It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.”
— Jeffrey Eugenides, book The Marriage Plot
Source: The Marriage Plot
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