Quotes About Resilience

Life deals the cards, but it is up to us how we play them. [Maria of Jülich-Berg, mother of Anna of Cleves]

Sophie lowered her head into her hands, feeling as if she were made of the thinnest glass, so brittle and fragile that the softest tap could shatter her. She had escaped death only to come face-to-face with it once more.

Don't let the darkness that's been visited upon this family pull you in so deeply, you cannot get out. Turn back from it, darling Jo... he'd warned her. He didn't seem to understand that turning your back on the darkness didn't mean the darkness would turn its back on you.

Death wounds only is you let her.

His suffering will teach him kindness and compassion. He'll find his heart again.

We all make mistakes," Lucanos said. "The danger lies in letting those mistakes make us." "Make us what?" asked Belle. "Make us believe we can't put things right. Make us think there's no hope. Make us give up," the beetle said, giving Belle a very direct look.

when a Chinese wished you ill, he would tell you, "May you live in interesting times.

Sera was beginning to see that love wasn't pretty words and easy promises. Love was hard. It challenged you and changed you. It filled your heart and sometimes hardened it too. Love demanded sacrifices. She'd made many over the last few weeks, and knew she would be called upon to make many more.

But what if you don't like your own story. What then?

Love is a fearsome thing. It is braver than generals, stronger than fortresses. It opens graves and pulls rings off corpses. It sits up through the long, lonely night with a failing child. It fashions hearts out of scraps and bits and rusty things and makes them beat on, no matter how many times they break.

There really is magic in this sad, cruel world. A magic stronger than fate, stronger than luck. And one finds it in the most unexpected places" ~Isabelle, Poisoned

It's damned hard to kill a princess.

Mortals do not like uncertainty. They do not like change. Change is frightening. Change is painful." Excerpt From Stepsister

He had to hide his heart. It was the only way he could survive!

Run home. Slam the door. Throw the bolt. It won't help. The wolves in the woods have sharp teeth and long claws, but it's the wolf inside that will tear you apart.

We've made our bed and we must lie in it.

Love is so strong, so ferocious, that she frightens even me. Me , Belle. A woman who strolls through battlefields and sick houses. Who takes tea with executioners.

One day you'll go walking with the devil, my girl, she told me, and you won't come back at all.

Do not wish for beauty, Alice. Wish for cleverness instead. Wish for a strong back and a strong will. They will do you more good than red lips and dimpels.

Sólo ella sabía que a la locura del mundo uno sólo puede enfrentarse con más locura.

Now, now, Chapeau. You mustn't overreact," the Beast said. "All messes, accidents, and catastrophes are to be blithely laughed off." He looked pointedly at Belle. "Or so I'm told.

I know why this place creeps me out," Neela suddenly said. "There aren't any children here." "Of course there aren't," Josephine said. "Rorrim Drol hates children." "Why?" Neela asked. "Because they're strong and fearless. Their little backbones are made of steel. It takes years for them to soften. Fear only sets in as one grows up, you see.

Es bueno que todavía llores. Cuando dejas de llorar es cuando estás perdida.

thought, wondering if the robin had seen the brilliant blue of the sky and felt the sun on its back before its wings were broken.