Quotes About Adversity

Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.

It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive.

A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough / without ever having felt sorry for itself.

some events in life would remain beyond my ability to control or manage them. Some events would just happen.

En épocas difíciles, me habían dicho desde niña, lee, aprende, prepárate, recurre a la literatura.

I had believed in the logic of popular songs. I had looked for the silver lining. I had walked on through the storm.

Try to think about having enough left to break a bottle over it.

Everything's going along as usual and then all shit breaks loose," one said. The injured man made no response, nor could he, since he had a trach.

Did not the Donner-Reed Party, after all, eat its own dead to reach Sacramento?

Nei momenti difficili, mi era stato insegnato fin dall'infanzia, leggi, impara, datti da fare, rivolgiti alla letteratura. Essere informati significava non perdere il controllo.

Things happened in life that mothers could not prevent or fix.

In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go tot he literature. Information was control.

When Holding, clinging to the poop with five others

Les naufrages

Life threw you curveballs, too. Or in her case, more like a curseball. After

Whatever happens we mustn't forget how to laugh

I knew from experience that events tend to gang up on you. It's not one straw that breaks the camel's back - it's the cumulative straws piling up and weighing you down. - Kiki Lowenstein

The wind always brings us back to the same wall

There's good news and slightly less good news.

Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.

When the going gets tough, choose your cliché.

Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is

remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it's the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.