Quotes About Strength

You go shake your foundations, Will. I think it's about time I saved myself.

Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. If something happens to him, I have to know that I won't fall apart...

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.

This is war," he say quietly. "Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs.

Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his lips against her brow. "Don't ever say that. Ever.

the greatest weapon against big stupid men was a sharp mind.

The two horsewomen of the apocalypse still win, despite their dwindling numbers.

Imagine who she would be if we unleashed her onto the world. I think she would rip the breath from all of us.

What are you doing?" she asked, trying to raise herself. "First, I thought I'd show you what a pity it would be if they cut off my wicked tongue.

Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said! He says that inside their hearts and spirits they are nothing but little men who need to feel powerful.

You were never able to break her. She is the stone of this kingdom.

He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.

I stand up and walk towards her because my days of waiting for more are over. If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.

Brothers always. Balthazar is with us too. We make this work,' Finnikin said fiercely. 'We bring peace to these kingdoms. We deserve it. Our women do. All of us have lost too much, Froi. We've lost the joy of being children. Let's not take that from Jasmina and Tariq and those who come after them

Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.

I look over to the other side of the road and watch Griggs as he walks. It's a lazy walk but so full of confidence that you want to be standing behind him all the way.

I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting.

What is she like? Evanjalin of the Monts?' he asked. Finnikin thought for a moment. 'Strong. In here,' he said, thumping his chest twice. 'Humbling. Ruthless. Cunning. She can love people with a fierceness that I have not seen before.' He smiled when he realized he was talking too much. 'And she looks like a Mont woman, so of course she's very beautiful.

Best prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.

I think it's about time to save myself

I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.

I think it's about time I saved myself