Quotes About Resilience

Oh, try not to sound so much like Mom—you don't have the ovaries (Monica Morrell - Last Breath)

You know, I said to Michael, my girlfriend took him down with a broken tree branch. Too bad she isn't here, he said.

Shane's dad said, I should have left you in the damn cage to fry, you ungrateful little bastard. You're no son of mine. Hallelujah, Shane said softly. Free at last.

There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.

Eve: Shut up, we have zero time for you and your bullshit dramatics Monica: Or what, you'll bleed on me, Emo Princess of Freakdomonia? Claire: Fine. You come with us. If you get in my way, I'll kill you.

Sure. Knock yourself out. No, really. Hammer to the head, works every time." Claire

They don't know you're secretly a badass?

When giants fought, ants were crushed.

The world doesn't end, Claire. In the morning, the survivors start to build again. It's way of things. The human way.

but sometimes optimism is the only drug that works. But it's sadly temporary in its effects.

Desperate people do desperate things. You cannot be one of them. You must be better.

In real life, you don't get a reset, and you don't get extra lives, and I got the crap pounded out of me.

So, I guess you're there at your new place. Hope it's awesome. If it's not, you'll make it awesome, because that's what you do. It's your superpower.

Rachel Caine

I'm all right, Nic, Wolfe said, and finally looked at him. We walked through the dungeons under Rome, survived Philadelphia, and this perfumed cage won't bring us to our knees. We're all stronger than that. All right, Santi said. But don't ask me to stop standing next to you. Because you know I will, however much you shout about it.

But everyone runs from the monster.Everyone except the monster slayer

I'm still alive. And I'm still fabulous.

You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too?

Some people come to Morganville and collapse," Michael said as he put the car in motion. "I've seen it a dozen times. But there are a few who come here and just—bloom. You're one of those." Claire didn't feel especially bloomy. "So you're saying I thrive on chaos.

Giving up is always easy. It's the peace that follows that sucks.

Expendable was not the word I was looking to hear to boost my morale, but whatever.

I never did have much, so having it rough came with the territory. I was conditioned for it.

Really? Claire said, and couldn't help but smile. That's what creeps you out. Waxing. You can take on vampires and draug and killers, but you're afraid of a little chest-hair pulling?

But the past never leaves us. It's in every breath, every cell, every second. I know that now.