Quotes About Adversity

A quien me hace daño, le pago con la misma moneda. Soy el ocho de espadas, soy la avispa que pica, soy la serpiente oscura, soy el animal invulnerable que atraviesa el fuego y no se quema.

El mundo da vueltas, menos mal, si se cae, se rompe.

My job, I thought, is to demonstrate that one can remain healthy. Demonstrate it to myself, no one else. If I am exposed to lizards, I will fight the lizards. If I am exposed to ants, I will fight the ants. If I am exposed to thieves, I will fight the thieves. If I am exposed to myself, I will fight myself.

I would attach those of my revenge. I was not the woman who breaks into pieces under the blows of abandonment and absence, who goes mad, who dies. Only a few fragments had splintered off, for the rest I was well. I was whole, whole I would remain. To those who hurt me, I react giving back in kind. I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.

I felt like a drop of rain in a spiderweb, and I was careful not to slide down. We

il dolore si è distillato, mi ha avvilita ma non mi ha spezzata.

said to myself that maturity consisted in accepting the turn that existence had taken without getting too upset, following

Daima bir f?rt?na ç?kar, seni yere savurur ve mecburen yeniden baÅŸlars?n.

The problem is that real change takes a long time, while life hits us right away, now, with all its contradictions.

Io sono l'otto di spada, io sono la vespa che punge, io sono la serpe scura. lo sono l'animale invulnerabile che attraversa il fuoco e non si brucia.

Hayat matla?t???nda seni korkutmal?d?r.' -'Hayat ?st?rap oldu?unda korkutuyor beni.

Mi dicevo ogni giorno: sono quello che sono e non posso fare altro che accettarmi; sono nata cosí, in questa cittá, con questo dialetto, senza soldi; daró quello che posso dare, mi prenderó quello che posso prendere, sopporteró ció che c'é da sopportare.

Svakog dana sam sebi ponavljala: to sam što sam, i nema mi druge nego da se s tim pomirim; takva sam ro?ena, u ovom gradu, sa ovim dijalektom, u besparici; da?u od sebe ono što mogu, uze?u ono što mogu, podne?u ono što se mora podneti.

Really, go ahead." "No.

nu-mi amintesc s? fi crezut vreodat? c? viaÈ›a care ni se oferise era foarte urât?. ViaÈ›a era aÈ™a cum era si gata, creÈ™team cu obligaÈ›ia de a le-o face dificil? celorlalÈ›i înainte ca ei s? ne-o fac? dificil? nou?.

He's gone, you're still here. You'll no longer enjoy the gleam of his eyes, of his words, but so what? Organize your defenses, preserve your wholeness, don't let yourself break like an ornament, you're not a knickknack, no woman is a knickknack.

Dizia a mim mesma todos os dias: sou o que sou e não posso senão me aceitar; nasci assim, nesta cidade, com este dialeto, sem dinheiro; vou dar aquilo que posso dar, vou pegar aquilo que posso pegar, vou suportar o que tiver de suportar.

Although I felt I was changed, I had remained the disciplined person who had never avoided anything. And besides, I said to myself, what can she do to me? I'm a woman, not a child. At most she'll bring something good to eat.

Ich bin, was ich bin, und ich kann nichts anderes tun als mich akzeptieren; ich bin so geboren, in dieser Stadt, mit diesem Dialekt, ohne Geld; ich werde geben, was ich geben kann, werde mir nehmen, was ich nehmen kann, werde ertragen, was ertragen werden muss.

Naples had seemed a wave that would drown me.

I am in danger of going deaf, mute, and turning nihilistic thanks to the countless failures and the unpredictability of rare successes.

To those who hurt me, I react giving back in kind. I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.

You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can.

Al diablo las limitaciones sociales! Pensar que no somos capaces es una miseria mental.