Quotes About Resilience

That's just life. There's good and there's bad. My happiness and safety won't come from having a man. It comes from me.

down to the floor, she accepted that she was

We're all angels," Elle, another bridesmaid, said. "And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick.

Here was the thing: life sucked if you let it ... Caffeine helped. For up to thirty-eight blissful minutes it could even trick her into thinking she was in a decent mood.

What does a sign on an out-of-business brothel say?" He beamed. "Beat it, we're closed.

Fact was, she just wasn't that same person anymore. Her remaining scar was a reminder of that, like an ex-smoker who kept a pack of cigarettes somewhere as proof she was stronger than that. It was a badge of honor and a marker place for where she was in her life right now. And as it turned out, memories—the good, the bad, and the ugly—really were what made a person.

She swiped at her eyes. "Suck it up," she whispered fiercely to herself. "It's all good, no matter how hard it is." "I'm going to refrain from saying 'That's what she said' since you seem to be having a moment.

Problem?" Riggs asked. "You mean other than my life sucks and I'm wearing a unicorn onesie?

Once upon a time, walking away was the only thing I knew how to do.

It's okay if you don't want to," Sadie said, just as gently. "But from experience as someone who denied all emotions for too long, I can tell you that facing them head on like a badass bitch is the only way to go. Otherwise, they chase you, follow you, haunt you, and believe me, those suckers can outpace you, I swear. You need to just get in front of them and turn and fight.

The last guy who told me what I can't do is still walking funny." That gave him a smile. He was a sick, sick man, but damn, he loved her sass.

When I die, I'm going to slam into help, take off my bra, sit on Satan's lap, and say Hi, Honey, I'm home.

And then she stomped on it?" "In boots, with spikes on the soles," Aidan assured him.

Harper Shaw was a single snack-getting-stuck-in-a-vending-machine away from an anxiety attack. But hey, that was what happened when you decided nothing in your life sparked joy. You wiped your slate clean like an Etch A Sketch and started over.

You don't need protecting. You actually don't need anything. That's what makes you so attractive to me. You want someone to stand at your side, not at your back.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Ignore it.

Jill Shalvis

There's no crying in baseball! —Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own

SonOfAMotherlessGoat

What's happened is a part of you now. Doesn't mean you have to take it seriously all the time. Joking is healthier than not dealing.

Mothertrucker

Hey, maybe that's what she'd wish for—luck. She'd wish for better luck than she'd had: with family, with a job, with men— Well, maybe not men. Men she was giving up entirely.

And no worries, my elevator still goes to the top floor.

Love is when someone puts you on a pedestal and yet when you fall, they're there to catch you anyway.