Quotes About Strength

At the time I thought, Why cry, you should be happy, you got out. But after all that's happened to me since that day, I understand why. You hold it in, whatever it is, until you can make it through the worst part. Then, once you're safe, you can cry all the tears you couldn't waste time crying before.

She who weeps when the sun's in sky, Will never pile the platter high.

I knelt to examine the floor, and there it was, in tiny writing, quite fresh it seemed, scratched with a pin or maybe just a fingernail, in the corner where the darkest shadow fell: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Margaret Atwood

You need to be strong. They were trying to make things better. But it can put a lot of pressure on a person to be told they need to be strong.

She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes.

Would I laugh? Matter of fact, you would, says Zeb. Heart like shale. What you need is a good fracking.

I don't want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds' worth of half babies. A man is just a woman's strategy for making other women.

I don't want her to be like me. Give in, go along, save her skin. That is what it comes down to. I want gallantry from her, swashbuckling, heroism, single-handed combat. Something I lack.

Thinking can hurt your chances, and I intend to last

But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Maybe

The theory was that while in a Fallow state you were gathering and conserving strength, nourishing yourself through meditation, sending invisible rootlets out into the universe.

house divided against itself could not stand.

If anyone else told her to lower her voice, Roz would know what to do: scream louder.

I pray silently: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. I don't know what it means, but it sounds right, and it will have to do, because I don't know what else I can say to God.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum [...] But what did it mean? I said. What?, he said. Oh, it meant 'Don't let the bastards grind you down'. I guess we thought we were pretty smart back then.

Then I find I'm not ashamed after all. I enjoy the power; power of a dog bone, passive but there.

I don't want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds' worth of half babies

Her strongest prison is of her own construct.

Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it.

then she smiled and said that we were precious flowers, and who ever heard of a rebellious flower?

A breath would blow you away, they beam down at her silently. You wish, thinks Tony, smiling up. Many have blown. She

Also I could hear Amanda's voice: Why are you being so weak? Love's never a fair trade. So Jimmy's tired of you, so what, there's guys all over the place like germs, and you can pick them like flowers and toss them away when they're wilted. But you have to act like you're having a spectacular time and every day's a party.

The protector was her - the greater power was her - the universe that took an interest was her as well - always her.