Quotes About Resilience

The next time? Oh, my dear Eliza, you're not going to carry on with this, are you? The Faceless Ones had their chance. They returned and they were sent away again. It's time to move on. Time to take up another hobby, like crocheting, or serial killing.

I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on you losing your head." "I didn't lose it. It was stolen.

Bravery is the acknowledgment and the conquering of fear.

Are you hurt? Are you injured?" / "No, just a bruise or two. I'm fine, really. You don't have to worry about me." / "Stephanie, you jumped off a building." / "Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them." / "And how were the branches?" / "A lot unlike pillows.

Stephanie, you jumped off a building." "Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them." "And how were the branches?" "A lot unlike pillows." "You could have been killed." "But I wasn't.

I'm no hero," said Scapegrace. "I'm just a man, who used to be a woman, who used to be a man. My name is Vaurien Scapegrace, and I have come here to—

He hesitated. 'Serpine used my wife and child as a weapon against me. In order to do so, he had to kill them. He took my family's death and he made it about me. Valkyrie, when you die, it will be your death and yours alone. Let it come to you on your own terms.' She nodded. 'Valkyrie Cain,' he said, 'it has been an absolute pleasure knowing you.

Skulduggery walked over slowly. He had picked up his severed arm and was now holding it out to her. "Here," he said. "Let me give you a hand.

I was going straight for Mantis, but then that bloody gas got in my eyes and, I don't know, some massive bloke reared up in front of me. I hit him, but I swear, it was like hiting a wall." Gracious nodded. "You hit a wall." Maybury blinked at him. "I what?" "I saw it. You ran into a cloud of gas and stumbled around for a second until you reached a wall, and then you shrieked and punched it. It was very heroic.

Weren't expecting this, were you, Mr. Detective? Probably thought, once a mountain fell on her, you'd seen the last of our sister, eh?" "To be honest," Skulduggery said, "yes.

Serpine underestimates you. Everyone underestimates you. You're stronger than they know. You're stronger than you know - Skulduggery

You got stuck in a wall?" she said. "For how long?" "A few minutes. Half an hour. An hour at the most. Maybe two. Or a day. Remember that day I called Valkyrie and told her to take the afternoon off? Yeah, I was stuck in a wall.

The greatest enemy we can face is ourselves, and the greatest battle is against the darkness within.

You okay?" Amber asked. Kelly smiled. "I burned down the first house they kept me in," she said. "Then I took their phone and used it to transfer all their money to different charities...

Skulduggery? Where's Skulduggery?" "I'm here," Skulduggery said. "I was beginning to think you were lost to us." Finbar's mouth twitched into a brief smile. "Sorry. You're not going to get rid of me so easily.

A little internal bleeding never hurt anyone. - Valkyrie

Tanith looked back to Valkyrie. "And Val, relax, OK? We've though of everything." "Skulduggery told me once that only he thinks of everythings, but he doesn't do it very often because it spoils the surprise."... "Easy as proverbial pie." "Unless something goes wrong," Valkyrie said. "Well, yes. Unless something goes horribly, dreadfully wrong. Which it usually does of course.

For a long time, I thought the love they shared was enough to heal them both. Not of physical wounds, but the invisible wounds we all carry around with us.

You haven't trained in magic or combat, but you're not weak. Serpine underestimates you. Everyone underestimates you. You're stronger than they know. You're stronger than you know." "I wish you were right." "Of course I'm right. I'm me.

Has it occurred to you, after all these years together, that I just might not be flappable?

My magic," Valkyrie said, looking at him. "Darquesse took my magic.

I'm not crazy." "I'm not judging you, my dear. Some of my best friends are crazy." He nodded to the corner. "Take Wallace, for example. He's crazy as a loon, aren't you, Wallace?" Valkyrie frowned. "Uh, there's... there's no one there." Meritorious sighed. "That's what we long-term prisoners call dungeon humour. You learn to appreciate it after a few years.

She wasn't going to let the voice win today. She wasn't going to let all those bad feelings come crashing down on her, like they had so many times in the past. She was getting better.

The thought has occurred to me that maybe you'll only start flying when you absolutely need to,