Quotes About Determination

No. I don't think so. It isn't about whether I die. It's about figuring out where. And I've decided. I'm going to see how high I can go. I want to see if it's true. If the sky opens up at the top.

It was bad enough to be stuck in a pipe with a porcupine, worse to be in there with a lunatic, even if the lunatic happened to be herself.

She banged the stick against the side of the pipe, drew it back, and lanced it at the porcupine. "I'll be a candle right up your ass, you don't keep waddling, fat boy," she half sang, half choked. He

Harper had had enough of the porcupine and enough of the drainage pipe. She scooped the stick right under his rear end and shoved him along ahead of her. She felt this had the makings of a new Olympic sport: porcupine curling. The

Don't give up on yourself. The dead win when you quit singing and let them take you on down the road with them.

Get a spoonful of this, motherfuckers. Harper

Remember the stone in her fist.

Little novels aren't leisurely, meandering journeys. They're drag races. You put the pedal to the floor and run your narrative right off the edge of the cliff.

You had to know when it made sense to try to untangle something and when to just cut the motherfucker loose

would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy. They

Still, she shoved herself to her feet, because she needed to do what she could, whether it made a difference or not.

The enthusiasm, the swell of sweet courage he heard in her voice, filled him with Seattle-grunge levels of despair.

Then she thought she had always known, deep down. She had always understood that obedience would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy.

We'll have to take it slow from here on out," the Fireman said. He had that one wrong.

We're stronger than we think.

note to Lois]Believe. Always believe.

You are stronger than you think.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before (Philippians 3:13).

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published.

There's a word for an author who doesn't give up... published.

You only live once but if you work it right once is enough

try and try again. if you give up then good for you kiddo.

One of the things that can help people with cancer is having something that you really look forward to doing, so that you can focus on that while the treatments are going on. I guess it's like saying, 'I have unfinished business left before I die.