Source: Lord of Scoundrels
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
Barbados Joe Walcott (1873–1935) British boxer
Some sources claim it was said first by Walcott http://coxscorner.tripod.com/walcott.html, but the English version of this ancient proverb is generally attributed to Bob Fitzsimmons, as documented in the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs ( 6th edition, 2015, p. 26 https://books.google.com/books?id=LMGPCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26). <br class="br">Disputed
Anderson Cooper (1967) journalist and author
Variant: The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.
Source: Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
“Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder.”
Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist
Source: Every Boy's Got One
“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
Poul Anderson book The Broken Sword
In the first edition of the book, this quote reads: Better a life like a falling star, brief and bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise.
Source: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 28 (p. 206)
Bruce Cockburn (1945) Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
Title track, In The Falling Dark (See also: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 62-63) Just Listen.. http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=lYAFzVTLIQs <br class="br">In the Falling Dark (1976)
“The higher a statue is raised, the harder and more dangerous the impact when it falls.”
Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975) Spanish theologian
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The Furrow (1986)
“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.
