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Quotes About Resilience

First things first, though, I thought, and headed straight for the liquor cabinet. Times like this call for straight scotch, no rocks.
~ Susan Toy
Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls
~ Terry Pratchett
Caterpillars can fly, if they just lighten up.
~ Scott J. Simmerman Ph.D.
In the moments between bullets, those in foxholes regain their vision. They get to count the dead, feel for holes. Pain creeps through a sluice of calm.
~ Chris DiCroce, Burning Man
Humor is the salvation of those without hope.
~ Marty Rubin
I stumbled up the hill back toward the Hab. As I crested the rise, I saw something that made me very happy and something that made me very sad: The Hab was intact (yay!) and the MAV was gone (boo!).
~ Andy Weir, The Martian
When you're corked...you're corked!
~ Cheryl Nielsen
if you can't make a joke at a time like this, what's the point of living?
~ Chloe Neill, Midnight Marked
But then, even with cuts, bruises and blood all over him, he looked like his jackass self again."- Alex Gold
~ R.J. Morse, R.J. Brookes
Sure. If she gets mugged, she can just flute them to death.
~ Seanan McGuire, Indexing
You will leave now, " said Grdankl the Strong. "Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay!
~ Ridley Pearson, Science Fair
It is meant to be survival of the fittest, not survival of the most floral.
~ Stephen Herfst, Zed
Dealing with jackasses on every front today. Good thing I have tiger blood and Adonis DNA. (Charlie Sheen Reference)
~ Greg Campbell
I didn't think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse." "But you're so calm, " she observed."That's usually when you can tell everything has gone to shit.
~ G.A. Aiken, Supernatural
Storming was one of her main modes of transportation." In reference to teenager Heather in "Carry The One
~ Carol Anshaw
All he had was nothing, but that was something, and now it had been taken away.
~ Terry Pratchett
I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
~ Sinclair Lewis
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
~ Ted Danson
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
~ Jennifer Jones
Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.
~ Jens Lekman
Food is sort of like the Jewish sense of humor, a defense mechanism. It is one of the things that helped the Jews survive through 2, 000 years of an often very harsh Diaspora.
~ Gil Marks
Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.
~ Guy Pearce
Lydia displays her right hand and instantly bathed the room with a blinding light. It lasted only a moment before it drew back into her palm. "I can fix you if you're ever broken.
~ Nathan Reese Maher