Quotes About Resilience

Don't look like that. Everything's going to be okay. The center will hold." "How do you know?" "Because we are the center.

And as I did it, it was like pierc­ing my own heart at the same time.

And I know it would be hard—for all sorts of reasons. But I think we can handle whatever comes our way, so long as we keep loving each other like this.

Being next to him like this made me feel as though everything really would be okay. Not because he'd fix things for me, but because I was reminded of the good in my life and why I had to fight for it. I won't admit defeat again.

is the only escape plan we need.

My battered friends and I had just had a brush with death, dancing with this evil.

Devastated...grief-stricken. You were alive, but the way you looked... I didn't think you'd ever recover. And it tore me apart to think of that happening to you so young.

Maybe it was this brush with death that was driving us to furiously prove we were alive.

You stay cool. You don't lose your head. And you know what? You should probably keep doing that—because then you won't lose your heart either.

I don't believe in angels, I believe in what I can do for myself

Dark times were ahead of us, but with his kiss still burning on my lips, I felt like I could do anything

We all have moments of weakness. It's how we recover from them that really counts.

I don't believe that," I told her. "I know what love is, Mom. I've had love that burns in every fiber of my being, that drives me to be a better person and empowers me through each moment of the day. If you'd ever had something like that, you'd hold on to it with every bit of strength you had.

Even I got turned down by girls, and when it happened, I dusted off my ego and moved on.

been here sooner," growled Wolfe, calling the pack off with a quick gesture. "But that bitch tied me up. Had to wait for the dogs to gnaw through my ropes.

If you're on the path of right, and someone crosses it with wrong, you don't need to turn. Build a bridge over their path and continue on your way.

El orgullo es lo único que me queda, dice Bao. Es lo único que tenemos. Están quitándonos todo lo demás.

Carter] shook it off. "Don't worry about it. We all have moments of weakness. It's how we recover from them that really counts." (Chapter 19)

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever," she'd said once. "Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.

And anyway, for every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want

I apparently didn't believe in sleep, either, because I didn't get much of it that night.

The fact that we're alive means we should live,

You know, we've finally made it. We did it this time. They'll never be able to hide us again.