Quotes About Strength

Fallow state, the Gardeners would say. They used that diagnosis for a wide range of conditions, from depression to post-traumatic stress to being permanently stoned. 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.

She sighed. "You were such a sensitive child. So easily wounded. So I told you those things. I didn't want you to feel defenseless in the face of life. Life can be harsh. I wanted you to feel protected, and to know that there was a greater power watching over you. That the Universe was taking a personal interest.

The line of her cheek has a marble, a classic, a simplicity; to look at her is to believe that suffering does indeed purify.

Nothing's broken, nevertheless I'm skinless, the gentlest touch would gut me.

The SanctuCare women went over and welcomed them and said, "You're here now, it's all right," and the Gilead women started to cry. 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.

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

fuck" is a spirit called upon for guidance in times of need.

Look—my feet don't hit the marble! Like breath or a balloon, I'm rising, I hover six inches in the air in my blazing swan-egg of light. You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that, I can do nothing. I have to recant, give up the old belief that I am powerless and and because of it nothing I can do will ever hurt anyone. A lie which was always more disastrous than the truth would have been.

Sorprende comprobar con que rapidez se pierde la entereza en ausencia de otras personas.

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.

Moira had power now, she'd been set loose, she'd set herself loose. She was now a loose woman.

Some of the best things are done by those with nowhere to turn.

What people need to understand is that pussy is the Front Door of Life

as he huffed across the rocky edge.

Leif's hands pressed on my shoulders, muscles turned

Fighting back with joy rarely makes sense.

Los fuertes buscarán fuerza, los débiles buscan excusas

Yo sólo juego a ser inconstante —dije por fin—. Por dentro soy una roca. Siempre leal, siempre firme. Pero un poco de juego es la sal de la vida y mantiene a raya a mis enemigos.

Thucydides said, "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Atenas también necesitaban remeros, lo cual significaba que los hombres libres que no poseían mucho más que su fuerza podían obtener la ciudadanía empuñando el remo.

Junker children, girls as well, were brought up to be tough and bear pain uncomplainingly.

A woman's body doesn't quit just because her heart breaks.

Margaret Mayhew