Quotes About Struggle

It was the bitterest irony; I came to Washington to fight for "the family" and destroyed mine in the process.

Even in faith, it is not easy for me to say to God, I am sorry for wanting my enemies to be destroyed and punished before my eyes. It is dishonest to say that it is easy to forgive our enemies, even to ask forgiveness for longing for revenge.

In weeks or months, the rest of eastern Europe will become Soviet puppets as well. Tens of millions of people are to be subjugated to the communist will, against their own.

No, we are in the midst of a broken story, and we have lost the ability to parse its lines.

Sometimes things go wrong, no matter how careful you are.

They locked her up and kept trying to break her. But she kept coming back, and do you know what I think?" "No." "She got stronger each time. She became positively lethal.

He understood immediately, and asked, 'What about the fire the dragon is breathing?' I said it was the same fire that burns inside everyone who is being trampled on. The same fire that can turn us into ashes and waste, but which sometimes, if some old fool like Holger spots us, plays chess with us and talks to us and just takes an interest, can become something totally different: a force which allows us to strike back.

The pace of growth goes on increasing and in the end it escapes our control.

The apple was meant to take away the bitter taste, perhaps," he said. "I imagine that Mr. Turing wasn't exactly looking for a taste experience," said Corell. "Man always tries to limit his suffering.

They locked her up and kept trying to break her. But she kept coming back, and do you know what I think?" "No." "She got stronger each time.

Kira was on her way, unhinged on top of everything else.

We're all nearly sick, aren't we?

We all have things we cannot deal with," he said. In the end you just look away and pretend they're not happening." - Johannes Forsell

Of course! That was it! I didn't need a tattoo. What I needed was something a lot less expensive and considerably less painful. What I needed was a Playboy. Guys who are gay do not keep Playboy magazines in their bedrooms.

De pronto comprendió que todos aquellos meses en que se había mostrado tan «activa» eran tan sólo una mentira. Había que mentir para poder vivir aquella muerte lenta, o si no, uno se moría durante todo lo que le quedaba de vida.

The sickness that's the price you pay for cure

Hope had stolen into his life just as he was growing comfortable with despair.

To be human is often an endless tangle of invisible forces and confounding paradoxes, of being many things all at the same time.

What does it take to turn the hero into a villain?

I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you're friends is easy. Being friends is not.

We also see in these messages and throughout the Bible that while God exhorts us to have faith in Him, we aren't always going to reap immediate rewards. Life often seems unfair, and even a strong faith is not guaranteed to produce bliss and prosperity in the short term.

I don't know... the weight of it, I guess. At some point, it becomes bearable. It turns into something that you can crawl out from under and... carry around like a brick in your pocket. And you... you even forget it, for a while. But then you reach in for whatever reason and - there it is. Oh right, that. Which could be aweful - not all the time. It's kinda...

Thomas believes he has done a fine job of remaining sane the past weeks, but it has been a taxing day, and surely no one would blame him if he simply went mad. Lamentably, going mad will have to wait.