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Quotes About Perseverance

Sometimes writing about a thing makes it easier to stand.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Gather information. Seek weakness. Watch, wait, and do what you have to to stay alive!
~ Octavia E. Butler
We are a harvest of survivors.
~ Octavia E. Butler
It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Just struggling with my own perversity.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Then, finally, true success. Isaac.
~ Octavia E. Butler
And what? You think it's going to get sane? It's never been sane. You just have to go ahead and live, no matter what." I didn't know what to say, so I kissed
~ Octavia E. Butler
Because as much as I want all that I said to be true, it isn't. We'll be moved, all right. It's just a matter of when, by whom, and in how many pieces.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Dad warned us all about water stations, trying to prepare us in case we ever went out and got caught far enough from home to be tempted to stop for water. His advice: "Don't do it. Suffer. Get your rear end home." Yeah.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Its promise is of hard work and brand-new possibilities, problems, challenges, and changes.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Slaves did that two hundred years ago. They sneaked around and educated themselves as best they could, sometimes suffering whipping, sale, or mutilation for their efforts.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Why do you keep trying to kill yourself?" I hadn't expected an answer so I was surprised when she spoke quietly. "Most of the time living just isn't worth the trouble.
~ Octavia E. Butler
It hurts like hell," I warned. He shrugged. "Most things do.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I mean to learn everything I can while I can,' I said. 'If I find myself outside, maybe what I've learned will help me live long enough to learn more.
~ Octavia E. Butler
From what I've read the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Thanks to Paracetco
~ Octavia E. Butler
Dalle sue ceneri una fenice prima deve bruciare.
~ Octavia E. Butler
There's always a ot to do before you get to go to heaven.
~ Octavia E. Butler
That is why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
~ Octavia E. Butler
All people who know what it is to end should be allowed to continue if they can continue.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I can take a lot of pain without falling apart. I've had to learn to do that. But it was hard, today, to keep peddling and keep up with the others when just about everyone I saw made me feel worse and worse. My
~ Octavia E. Butler
He rubbed his head again. 'Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I reappeared wet, muddy, and scared to death.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Consigo tolerar muita dor sem me deixar abater. Tive que aprender a fazer isso. Mas foi difícil, hoje, continuar pedalando e acompanhar os outros quando todo mundo que eu via fazia com que me sentisse cada vez pior.
~ Octavia E. Butler