Quotes About Struggle

Leaving us again?' Sera asked. Astrid snorted. 'I've been trying to leave you ever since I met. I never seem to get very far.' Sera smiled at that.

A girl who understood that a queen's heart was made to break. Over and over again. And Sophie knew that hers would, too. When crops failed and people starved. When plague descended. When war swept its red cloak over the land.

I hate the queen," said Gretta, clenching her fists. "I hate the palace and everyone in it. They take everything, while we barely have enough to eat. I hate you, too, Sophie!

You've won a battle, not the war," said Fate dismissively. "It's easy to love the lovable. Can Isabelle

Sometimes, Belle, our troubles are too deep for words

Casi todos luchan cuando tienen alguna esperanza de ganar, por pequeña que sea. Y se les llama valientes. Son pocos los que siguen luchando cuando no queda esperanza. Y se les llama guerreros

La oportunidad de derrotar a un enemigo la ofrece el enemigo en sí.

Te diré qué mata a las muchachas: el hambre, la enfermedad, los accidentes, el parto y la violencia. Se necesita algo más que un corazón herido para matar a una mujer. Las mujeres son fuertes como rocas.

Believe that you can make your way. Or don't. Either way, you are right. Every war is different, yet each battle is the same. The enemy is only a distraction. The thing you are fighting against, always, is yourself.

El mundo sigue adelante, estúpido y brutal. Pero yo no. Yo no.

I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt.

It goes on, this world, stupid and brutal. But I do not. I do not.

Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.

Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.

Love hurt. Honesty made it hurt worse, and I could hardly stand it.

Every strong swimmer has a story about nearly drowning.

And it's time you learnd there's a big difference between your writing and your life. To do it right, your witing takes an incredible amount of work. Your life takes more.

When I'm with you," he began again, "it's like… I still don't feel normal. But I can see normal at twelve o'clock on the horizon." He pointed past me, through the windshield of an imaginary airplane. "At least I know normal is still out there. I've spent the last three months not sure of that at all.

When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.

The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.

When every other facet of my life was a mess, music stayed true as math.

That still seemed like a good idea, back on failed attempt number three.

A boy who was such a threat to my mental health and happiness should not be so tall.

I squeezed the controls to brace myself so I wouldn't shiver with the chill of wanting. Normal people got that feeling when they quit smoking cigarettes. I had gotten it then too. Normal people did not get that feeling when faced with danger.