Goapele

I think glass has so many different forms. Sometimes it comes off as something so breakable and fragile, but it's amazingly strong. It starts as sand, and it takes on different lives, but it is breakable.

American Musician

Reinhold Messner

By climbing mountains we were not learning how big we were. We were finding out how breakable, how weak and how full of fear we are.

Italian Explorer

Coretta Scott King

During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine.

American Activist

Frans Timmermans

The European Union is not unbreakable; something that is breakable is extremely valuable.

Dutch Politician

Use 'breakable' when something needs careful handling to avoid damage.

Handling Care

'Breakable' can imply emotional importance, as we often use it for items we value.

Emotional Impact

'Breakable' often refers to materials like glass or porcelain rather than tougher substances.

Material Qualities

 mixing it with powdered clay and water to make a paste. From there, this paste was filled into a mold and fired in a kiln, and the result was a really strong graphite core that wasn't breakable, that was smooth, usable -- it was so much better than anything else that existed at the time,

Why the pencil is...

 They were amazing -- like you can see here. But I had a few issues with them. They were made from hard plastics and that's why they were very breakable. The models couldn't sit in them, and they even got scratched from the plastics under their arms.