Quotes About Resilience

The men of her family – Frederick, Monty – were lovable and weak. The women could see life for what it was and bear it.

Expect the worst, because the worst is so often true, but have belief, have faith, have compassion.

Ultimately, self-control lets you relax because it removes stress and enables you to conserve willpower for the important challenges.

Sometimes life is hard for a good reason. Sometimes narratives serve no purpose beyond keeping you from the life you want.

Just walk up to your hell & give it a push. Run through it & i'll be waiting on the other side.

Yeah, I know I've changed. Nothing gets to me anymore. Well, okay, except for stuff in the past. Back then I was all innocent and trusting and didn't know anything. Now I know plenty and you can't fucking touch me.

And I don't want to hurt anymore. I want to be someone who makes it through

Hell no. You're what saved you, kid. Not divine intervention.

Sawyer: Tell me where you are,Keely O´Hare,or I swear to God when I find you-and I will find you-I´ll paddle your ass something fierce. Keely:Oh,I´d like to see you try.

I know what it does to you, I know. Maybe that's why we hold on as hard as we do. We just can't believe that such a miracle can happen to us twice. But it can, someday you'll find it again.

Some children grow stronger in the broken places, like bones; others grow sadder. I did both.

Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling

big house to the slave quarters was nothing short of miraculous as far as

Lauraine Snelling

Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself.

mi crollò in grembo, costringendomi a tenerlo tra le braccia mentre piangeva, squassato da spasmi e singhiozzi, come se fosse letteralmente straziato e squartato dal dolore, eppure in silenzio, senza un grido, senza un gemito, quasi che gli fosse stato insegnato a non attirare troppo l'attenzione sulla propria sofferenza. Se fai troppo rumore, vengono a cercarti per scoprire perché piangi.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.

Life's a bitch," I said. "And then you die," Larry finished for me.

Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.

One of my favorite things about hanging out with the monsters is the healing. Straight humans seemed to get killed on me a lot. Monsters survived. Let's hear it for the monsters.

If your life works, and you work in it, then it's okay, whatever is happening is okay.

It's not about winning, Haven. I'm not a prize to be won. I'm not the princess that needs rescuing from the dragon. I'm the prince and I kill my own monsters. You need to be ok with that. -Anita Blake

Neal stood, kicking free of the clinging curtain. I'll kill you. I drew the firestar and pointed it at him. I don't think so. She is pack now, Sylvie said. You fight one of us, and you fight all of us. Edward raised his eyebrows at me. What is going on, Anita? I think I've been adopted, I said.