Quotes About Strength

But the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body. She trembled, she was choking, and the tears blinded her.

The bird that would soar about the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

Well, for instance, when I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. 'The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.

The golden shimmer of Edna's satin gown spread in rich folds on either side of her. There was a soft fall of lace encircling her shoulders. It was the color of her skin, without the glow, the myriad living tints that one may sometimes discover in vibrant flesh. There was something in her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against the high-backed chair and spread her arms, which suggested the regal woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone.

What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!

She was fierce and opaque, and not breakable.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

There, she said. She rocked him back and forth. There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?

And hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

Flora's heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her.

Go ahead, Marlene, thought Edward. Push me around. Do with me as you will. What does it matter? I am broken. Broken.

Never use anybody else's power, but always use yours.

What does it mean to be brave? This was a question Brother Edik asked himself as he walked through the dark woods with Jack Dory and Cannoc and Answelica. To be brave is to not turn away. To be brave is to go forward. To be brave is to love.

She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud

Flora reached out and grabbed hold of William Spiver's hand, and he held on to her. It was as if he were drowning and she were standing on solid ground. According to TERRIBLE THINGS! drowning people were desperate, out of their minds with fear. In their panic they could pull you, the rescuer, under, if you weren't careful. So Flora held on tightly to William Spiver. And he held on tightly back.

Edward was the lone contrarian. He prided himself on not hoping, on not allowing his heart to lift inside of him. He prided himself on keeping his heart silent, immobile, closed tight.

To be brave is to not turn away. To be brave is to go forward. To be brave is to love.

Let her have her dangerous will.

What matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks up.

Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, always, with the light.

But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn

Kate DiCamillo