Quotes About Resilience

It was so hard to feel safe in the world when you were a girl.

We are made by what we are asked to bear, Ling Chan

People will disappoint you, Gemma. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on.

Miss New Mexico stared, dumbfounded. Stand out? Stand out? I have a freaking tray stuck in my forehead! She broke into fresh sobs. Taylor clapped for attention. Miss New Mexico, let's not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who don't even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.

Besides, things you loved deeply could be lost in a second, and then there was no filling the hole left inside you.

Why must we die when everything within us was born to live?

I can see those… hideous beasts coming out of the burning walls. I hear Naughty John telling me—warning me—about my own brother! He knew about James, Sam. When I stand still, I see all of it. So I don't stand still, and I certainly don't go looking for more. And every night before bed, I pray for those pictures to go out of my head. When the prayers don't work, I ask the gin to do it.

She insisted on Knight for her last name. It made her feel strong and bold. A name of armor. For she would defend herself in this new life.

But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you." I

Sorry for all the pain and loneliness and disappointment. But there is this, too.

I am beginning to understand why those ancient women had to hide in caves. Why our parents and teachers and suitors want us to behave properly and predictably. It's not that they want to protect us; it's that they fear us.

There is strength in acceptance

Haven't you been hurt?" Miss Lillian asked. Theta thought of Roy's fists. Mrs. Bowers's cold cruelty. Even the first wound of abandonment. "Yes." "And here you still are. No. The question is this: Haven't you been hurt enough?

Little Warrior: You can do this. I believe you can.

People will disappoint you. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on.

Ordinary people were capable of extraordinary bravery.

What place lay beyond the reach of evil?

Come along, ladies. Button up. The wind is brisk and takes no prisoners.

My family traditions are alcoholism and dysfunction," Jennifer said. "Oh, and anything you can make from government cheese.

It reminds us that even in the midst of chaos and terror, there is the capacity for change.

Before the devil breaks you, first he will make you love him.

It has carried shouts of love, and it has dried tears to salt tracks on more faces than it can number.

Sometimes, sickness came on like the flood itself, with no way to hold it back. But other times, sickness came about because of the carelessness and unfairness of the world.

We're all damaged, somehow.