Quotes About Adversity

Calm down, boy. We've been in a lot tougher situations than this," Alec answered. "Just find something—anything—you can get your hands on and bang away at somebody's head if they come charging.

Y, aun así, no habían encontrado una salida. Y, a pesar de eso, a pesar de la completa falta de esperanza en aquella situación, seguían sin rendirse.

La implacable dificultad de la situación en que se encontraban era como un fuerte diluvio de agua negra que arrasaba con todo, presionándolo para que se diera por vencido. Sin embargo, resistió y empujó hacia delante.

His friends subjected to cruel trials that might never mean a thing.

It's be tough now or everyone dies later.

By the end of the day, the Gladers had turned into a small army. A very pathetic, ill-prepared Army, Thomas thought, but an army all the same.

But they'd survived that, too, eventually finding their way to the settlements. Where they might've lived in peace if it weren't for a committee called the PCC.

Panic swelled inside him once again, almost too much to bear. But he took a deep breath and forced himself to try to accept the situation. Just go with it, he thought. You won't figure out anything if you give in to fear.

Like I said, they wanted to test us, see how we'd react to what they call the Variables, and to a problem that has no solution.

So we've had to up the ante, and now it's time for Phase Two. It's time for things to get difficult.

dying would be the easy way out.

He'd escaped WICKED only to be held at gunpoint by an average everyday

The Griever came to life, spikes popping out of

Mark had always felt like she was his as a simple matter of the situation. Pretty much everyone else she'd ever known had died; he was a scrap left over for her to take, the alternative to being forever alone. But he gladly played his part, even considered himself lucky—he didn't know what he'd do without her.

You might get an elbow in the face, maybe kicked in the 'nads.

James Dashner

And who knew what obstacle might spring up next? Or had the girls planned something else for him?

James Dashner

Late nights, bloodshot eyes at school, walking around like a Flare-infested Crank, falling

twenty-one Gladers in all. Every last one of those who'd stayed behind and fought was covered in Griever sludge and human blood,

Greenie," Minho said, "If you think that was brave comin' out here, listen up. You're the shuckiest shuck-faced shuck there ever was

If it weren't for the little fact they were torn apart from friends and families and trapped in a Maze with a bunch of monsters, it could be paradise.

Ah, one last thing," he said. "Don't think you'll avoid

We just need to get through it. Walk fast, but don't look like you know where you're going. We can't afford to carry anything—empty your arms and pockets or we might get attacked. We'll just have to hope we can find things in the Lincoln Building.