Quotes About Strength

She thought: It doesn't hurt, it's just my body. They can't touch my soul. It had become her mantra.

Some fears you carried alone.

tried to keep smiling. Truc took the beer from her and stood there in the pale rectangle of light. The dogs were quiet beside

Loreda pulled Elsa into her arms and held her while she cried for all of it—the way they lived, the dreams they'd lost, the future they'd so blindly believed in. For the children who would grow up not knowing Jean. Her humor, her gentleness, her steel, her hopes for them.

find my woman's voice, even in this man's world.

most of all, she'd learned that she had to rely on herself. Certainly her father and her sister couldn't be counted on.

God help anyone who tries to stop her.

What will we be without him?" Meredith whispered, clinging to her. "Less," was all Nina could think of to say.

Help. It was what women did for one another, even when there was no way to accomplish it.

She has tried to go on alone. Really tried. She is trying still, in her way, but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

Tante Isabelle says it's better to be bold than meek. She says if you jump off a cliff at least you'll fly before you fall.

It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it. "Yes." She leaned down and kissed her daughter's forehead

No one could hurt you if you didn't let them. A good offense was the best defense.

We're all fragile, Isabelle. It's the thing that we learn in war

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. Elsa closed the journal and dressed quickly, then went to the room next door.

Such teeth in this pain. Gnawing at her, then spitting her out to breathe for a moment and then biting again.

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.

Kristin Hannah

She closed her eyes for a moment, remembered another time when she'd been scared and felt alone, back when she'd been sick. That was the first time her grandfather had leaned down and whispered, Be brave, into her ear. And then, Or pretend to be. It's all the same.

A Nightingale in my own way.

hard times don't last.

Lord knows I understand how grief and love can break you.

Heartache had been a part of her life so long it had become as familiar as the color of her hair or the slight curve in her spine.

But she knew how dangerous escape could be. Survival took grit and courage and effort. It was too easy to give in.