Quotes About Strength

That which does not destroy us makes us stronger...

Silvia was tough, smart, and could survive on herown - she didn't need a handsome prince to ride up and rescue her. But that didn't mean such a man might not want to protect her from everything he could, anyway.

You aren't up to dealing with werewolf business." "Seems to me that she's been dealing just fine," Adam said mildly. "She killed two of them in as many days and came out of it without a scratch." "Luck," said Samuel. "Is it?" In my rearview mirror, I saw Adam close his eyes as he finished in almost a whisper. "Maybe so. When I was in the army, we kept lucky soldiers where they would do us the most good." "Adam

I might be dumb," I told him, putting my nose against his silk tie, "but I'm not that dumb. I've gotcha now and you aren't getting away.

Why the rolling pin and not a knife?" he asked, his voice raspy with the need for action. She looked at him for the first time since she'd seen his face on the stairs. "A knife wouldn't even slow him down, but bones take time to heal." He liked that. Who'd have thought he'd get turned on by a woman with a rolling pin? "All right," he said. "All right.

Honey will wipe the floor with you." His eyes went half-mast, and his voice dropped in evident pleasure. "I know.

I had two choices. I could stand here and cry—or I could get mad. Guess which one I chose.

I would never disrespect your grandmother's rolling pin. Your old pack did everything in their power to turn you into a victim, and when that crazy wolf started for me, you still grabbed the rolling pin to defend me from him, even though you were terrified of him. I think it is the bravest thing I have ever seen. And possibly the only time anyone has tried to defend me since I reached adulthood.

It would have been humiliating if he hadn't been clutching me back just as hard.

That swipe had more in common with a bear's attack than a timber wolf's. If it hit me, it could kill me with a single blow.

Action is the best cure for despair.

She's a good person, but she is a weak person, too. She can't take care of anyone else because she's too busy taking care of herself." I

Every boarding party needs its guide to light the way, its wizard to defeat the magic and a tank that kill everything that tries to stop the party. The tank is not sacrificial.

They have no more," Sherwood said, his eyes wolf-bright and his voice nearly guttural.

I'd be damned if I was going to be the victim of a loser - or anyone else.

Silver was too hard to be good ammunition.

It is not wise," Beauclaire said, his voice clipped, and somewhere in the vowels Anna heard an accent not too far from Bran's when he was angered. "It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

scars do not bother me. They are the laurels of the survivor.

Heartbreak can be like that, boy," said Zee heavily. "Healthy pain invites healing.

His self-control was aided by the short time it had to stay strong because, from somewhere out of sight, Asil called, "I've got another one up here for you techies. Está roto. What is it you said about the last one, Tag? Pretty borked. This one is pretty borked, too.

Katherine Briggs

Dominance among wolves is a combination of force of personality, strength of will, physical ability and a component of other

Love is both useful and powerful -- but seldom convenient. ~ Asil

But I know war. And every day I can hold it off is valuable to me, and to its victims.