Quotes About Strength

No platitudes, Dr. Cerrasin? No 'God doesn't give you more than you can bear' speech?" "Call me Max. Please." He looked at her. "And sometimes God breaks your fucking back." It

protected her as best we could. She refused to

hadn't known until right then how much difference a friend could make. How one person could lift your spirit just enough to keep you upright.

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She was so tried of begging people to love her

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A warrior never gives up.

Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.

Jack says that I am a warrior and, while I don't believe it, I know this: A warrior believes in an end she can't see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.

protest. Vianne was not alone in her desire to pretend

It doesn't do any good to hide out in life, Mia. That's how you used to handle things. You're stronger now.

Bullies were bullies; their defining characteristic was the need to exert power over the powerless. Who was more powerless than a child?

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Hold your head up," she said out loud. She had children to think about. Two small people who needed to be comforted in the wake of their father's betrayal.

Be brave...or pretend to be. It's all the same.

There is pain you can't outrun, Marah. Maybe you know that now. Some pains you have to look in the eye.

Don't screw with Baldie.

She knew how fragile it all was: her family, her parents. One thing every child of a POW knew was how easily people could be broken.

Važno je ono što jesi, ljudi koje nosiš u srcu i s kojima ostaješ zauvijek, a naro?ito u teškim vremenima.

my tongue." "Do more

Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not; rather find strength in what remains behind. —WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, ODE: INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Sabes lo que aprendí en los campos? Vianne la miró. —¿Qué? —Que no me pueden tocar el corazón. Que no pueden cambiar quién soy por dentro. Mi cuerpo…, eso lo rompieron los primeros días, pero mi corazón no. Vi, te hiciera lo que te hiciera, fue a tu cuerpo y tu cuerpo sanará.

I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger. I

Woman must come of age by herself Ã¢â'¬Â¦ She must find her true center alone. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea