Quotes About Strength

Brave kid. Wrath cupped the nape of the male's neck, slid his other arm under the knees, and slowly rose. The weight of the dead was heavier than the pounds of the body. As he stepped away from the Dumpster and started for the Escalade, Wrath felt as though he held his whole race aloft in his arms, and he was glad he had to wear sunglasses to protect his weak eyes. His wraparounds hid the sheen of tears.

His abdomen was ribbed as if he were smuggling paint rollers under his skin.

La oscuridad jamás se adueñará de mí... porque yo te tengo a ti. Luz de mi vida, Marissa. Eso es lo que tú eres, la luz de mi vida.

If I can live through the events," she said, "I can get through the memories." In that moment, staring across the room at her show of will, he felt a tie to her, sure as if a rope had linked the pair of them chest-to-chest.

the Shitstorm Survivors' Club.

Christ, for all the crap that the people living in the mansion had been through, maybe V should design a tat they could each get on their asses.

Alguna vez había sido un ser vivo, una hija, una hermana... alguien... Ahora se estaba endureciendo y volviéndose como el acero, en medio de su pesadilla. Embalsamada.

In A.J.'s experience, she wasn't really the kind of woman men would break down a door to get to. Well, maybe if a house was on fire and they were a Good Samaritan with ax and an air mask.

Con un rostro tan aristocrático como brutal, parecía el rey que en realidad era por derecho propio y el guerrero en que el destino lo había convertido.

Los ojos de Zsadist se entornaron hasta formar una delgada línea, y una ráfaga de aire helado cruzó la habitación, como si hubiera soplado hacía ella. "Ten cuidado, hembra. La valentía puede ser peligrosa.

This was why people got mated, Rehv suddenly thought. Fuck the sex and the social position. If they were smart, they did it to make a house that had no walls and an invisible roof and a floor that no one could walk on—and yet the structure was a shelter no storm could blow down, no match could torch up, no passage of years could degrade. That was when it hit him. A mated bond like that helped you through shit nights like this. Bella

Sapeva di essere dispotico, ma era più forte di lui. Era un vampiro innamorato. E la sua femmina era incinta. C'erano ben poche cose più aggressive o pericolose sulla faccia della terra, e si chiamavano uragani.

An unacknowledged weakness is deadly.

Life had beaten the shit out of him, but instead of folding, each strike and blow had forged him harder and stronger and tougher. He was straight steel now, nothing lingering of the boy he'd once been.

Good. Because I'm walking with a cane and I feel about as sexy as a toaster oven.

Nunca sobreestimes el poder del odio a uno mismo, V. Es un motivador infernal.

No, non hai capito niente, John.» Leggendo le sue emozioni scosse la testa. «Tu non vali la metà del maschio che avresti potuto essere per colpa di quello che ti hanno fatto. Vali il doppio di chiunque altro, perché sei sopravvissuto.»

The essential truth of life, he was coming to realize, wasn't romantic and took only two words to label: Shit. Happens. But the thing was, you kept going. You kept your friends and your family and your mate as safe as you were able. And you kept fighting even after you were knocked down. Goddamn it, you dragged your ass off the ground and you kept fighting.

You don't have to say it," he murmured. "I already know." "Know what?" "That you don't want anyone to know about this soft side to you. So I'm just going to tell them that you came over, kicked me in the balls, and took my liver when I coughed it onto the floor. I had to follow you home or I wouldn't be able to cleanse my own blood.

fury in my blood

She would die fighting. It was just how she was hardwired: She was invincible—and that wasn't her ego talking. The sum of her experience was, no matter what was done to her, she could handle it.

No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.

Sometimes composure was all you had; dignity your only consolation; the illusion of all right your sole source of comfort.

Il paziente, intanto, fece un bel respiro tutto da solo. Poi un altro. E un altro ancora. Poi quegli inquietanti occhi di diamante si posarono su di lei, e Jane smise di divincolarsi come soggiogata dalla sua forza di volontà. Ci fu un attimo di silenzio. Poi, in tono aspro, l'uomo a cui lei aveva salvato la vita pronunciò quattro parole che cambiarono tutto, cambiarono la sua vita, cambiarono il suo destino: «Lei. Viene. Con. Me.»