Quotes About Struggle

tried to reach the cake plate. My fingers fell just short. If I stretched all the way across the table, the seam under my arm would split open. Jeannine saw my dilemma, picked up the plate, and passed it in the opposite direction to her mother.

Momma said we had to fight the evil inside us by overcoming it with goodness. She said it was a hard thing to do, but it made us worthy.

It's harder to take a punch than to give one.

The officer kicked the stool away. This time the rope did not break.

Ik kan er niet mee ophouden, maar ik kan er ook niet mee doorgaan.

Mom filed for divorce. In the counselor's office, my parents claimed that we would always be a family because of me, but things would be better now. No more yelling, no more arguments. By tearing our family apart, they were actually making it stronger. By the time I figured out that they were not making any sense, the family counseling was done and Dad was walking down the aisle with Jennifer.

12. I wasn't just encased in hardening concrete up to my chin; it was pouring down my throat. I was in a race to see if I would die from the outside in or the inside out.

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone

This is life with your head inside the jaws of the beast.

Rich people scorn the way the poor buy lottery tickets, but what would you pay for an hour of untainted hope, of happiness unfettered? If the ticket had my mother's name on it I'd dance across minefields for the chance.

She got too tired and went to sleep. Somehow, I dragged myself out of the dark and asked for help.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Mom, picking out bits of grain from roll: You're alive because of Dr. Parker. Lia, bleeding where they can't see: Stop exaggerating.

You been too strong," she said firmly. "I know about that. Strong starts out being the right thing. Your hands grow strong enough for your work. Your back strengthens under your burdens. Soon your mind becomes strongest of all; has to be to get through the hard days. " - Serafina Ashes: Seeds of America - Laurie Halse Anderson

You are basically a flophouse and a pimp away from Pepcid rehab, you know that? I informed Nana.

Your ankles are swollen from carrying the weight of the patriarchy all of these years."—Danika Hill, MAW

Things in my environment had gotten a little bit out of my control, as things sometimes do. I mean, we can't control every little facet of our world all of the time...

so when they are running from uphill, it makes a tremendous amount of noise. That is very bothersome, especially if they have big feet.

I had been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in my early thirties, when most doctors didn't even know it existed. Symptoms include sudden weight gain (check), irregular periods (check), chin hair (check), high triglyceride levels (check), and, the kicker, insulin resistance (check, check, check).

You translate it, please. I have worked hard to forget what Greek I once knew.

The desperation to support an untenable position to which one is nonetheless committed has caused centuries of extreme mental gymnastics.

A woman who plays by men's rules is a woman who ends up in a cage." "Or a coffin.

Is that what I am? I don't know what the hell I am anymore. Oh, bullshit. You're a guy, a human being. Just another poor son of a bitch who doesn't want to be alone when the sacred ginmill closes.

And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.