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Quotes About Resilience

But you and I and Phoebe, we have a choice. To be bitter and angry, or to try and move on. It's the hardest thing for me, letting go of all that righteous anger. I'm still struggling. But that's what I want to do.
~ Kim Edwards
For if the worst had already happened to them in the eyes of the world, then surely, surely, it was the worst that they left behind them now.
~ Kim Edwards
You're right, Norah, anything can happen, any time. But what goes wrong is not your fault. You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.
~ Kim Edwards
O mundo não acaba. É espantoso, mas na verdade não acaba.
~ Kim Edwards
No, you just keep crashing my life. Look— I said, and Al grunted. Here it comes, the demon muttered. Listen. Listen to this, runt. She's going to have a list.
~ Kim Harrison
I gestured my frustration. "I don't know. She's much better already. She wasn't talking half an hour ago. Look at her now." We all turned, finding Ceri sobbing quietly and drinking her tea in small reverent sips as the pixy girls hovered over her. Three were plating her long, fair hair and another was singing to her. Okay," I said as we turned back. "Bad example.
~ Kim Harrison
A slow smile curved over my face, and I leaned down over him. No, I said. Wishes are lies. Tell me you're going to leave. Tell me you're not going to stay. Tell me that it's only for a while so I can enjoy today, I whispered in his ear, as if saying it louder would break me. And when you go, don't think me cold when I don't cry. I can't cry anymore, Pierce. It hurts too much.
~ Kim Harrison
I meant I'm not afraid of love being difficult. If it was easy, then everyone would find it.
~ Kim Harrison
Rachel candy.
~ Kim Harrison
Come on, Rachel! Jenks shrilled. You're a badass, not a bad witch!
~ Kim Harrison
You just click your heels and think there's no place like being pwned.
~ Kim Harrison
Life was going on, and no one but a handful of people cared if I lived or died.
~ Kim Harrison
Rose to Rachel: You cry you get angry then you do something about it.
~ Kim Harrison
They tried to kill me," he said, his brow furrowed as he glared at them. "You saw them!" "Yeah?" I spouted off. "They weren't very good at it!" (Trent and Rachel)
~ Kim Harrison
You should be dead, he said, his voice full of wonder. How is it that you're still alive? Jaw clenched, I worked at his grip on me, trying to get my fingers between him and my wrist. I work hard at it.
~ Kim Harrison
Money drives the world, but when everything falls apart to leave the underpinnings of our life bare to the scrutiny of critics and thieves, the only thing remaining, the only thing that can't be taken away, is the love you hold for the people you care about.
~ Kim Harrison
Because I'm never going to let you go, Rachel. I don't care how much you push me away because you're scared. I'll just hold you until you get over it.
~ Kim Harrison
Yes, but . . ." She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. "I survived because I fell in love." With you was unspoken.
~ Kim Harrison
Rachel, you summon demons. You're good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It's not going to go away.
~ Kim Harrison
I may be a pawn, but I've been to the other side and survived the trip back and I can move like a queen. Don't piss me off.
~ Kim Harrison
Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices.
~ Kim Harrison
How many mistakes can one life survive?
~ Kim Harrison
I sat for a moment, figuring things out, then decided to stay there. If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall down.
~ Kim Harrison
People die, Rachel, Ceri said, her cheeks flushing. Not if I can help it, I snapped. And not of a broken heart. If you could, I'd be dead already.
~ Kim Harrison