Quotes About Strength

Some people said that broken bones grew back stronger. On the good days, I told myself that was true, that each time the world tried to break me, I became a little less breakable.

Women shouldn't have to fade into the background to be safe.

Ready." Libby looked down at the water balloons she held in each hand–and at her twin tattoos: SURVIVOR on one wrist, and on the other ... TRUST.

Born Smart. Born Tough. Born FBI

He didn't move, didn't blink, wasn't physically aggressive in any way, but he bled power, and he knew it.

Sometimes, the hardest thing to be is the one who lives

I don't do vulnerable. It clashes with my bitch aesthetic.

I was the glass ballerina or the knife.

I'm not scared of this place. I'm not afraid to learn how to think like a killer, and I'm not afraid of you. [Cassandra Hobbes]

Got that out of your system, did you?" I leaned against the wall of my gemstone cage. "Why are you telling me this now?" I could hear the sound of his footstep on the end of the line. "Because Gray is going to keep jumping until it hurts. He's always been the solid one, Heiress. The one who never trembles, never backs down, never doubts. And now, he's lost his mooring, and I have to be the strong one.

No matter how sharp its edges, no knife could hold a candle to fang and claw.

you're not a player, kid. You're the glass ballerina—or the knife.

You may be tested by the flames, but you need not burn.

Mijn vermogen om het bange, weerloze meisje neer te zetten was nu wel verdwenen.

Asher is de aardige helft. Hij is degene die iedereen aardig vindt. Ik ben degene die dingen voor elkaar krijgt. - Emilia

It didn't matter if my ribs hurt. It didn't matter if every time I blinked, I saw Sora's fist coming toward my face. I needed a plan. I needed to be strong. So I just kept running, because come hell or high water, a girl couldn't afford to be weak or human at a time like this.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Because we can. Because when people say that well-behaved women rarely make history, they leave out the little tidbit that the women who do make history rarely do so alone.

I moved closer to Rebecca, whose arms were wrapped around her middle, like all she could do was stand there and just keep taking the blows.

I told you, kid," Nash said beside me. "You're not a player. You're the glass ballerina—or the knife.

Ik doe niet aan kwetsbaar,' antwoordde Thea. 'Dat past niet bij mijn bitchy stijl.

I don't do vulnerable," Thea retorted. "It clashes with my bitch aesthetic.

This was what it meant to be a Hawthorne. This should probably be in a museum, but my brothers and I like to hit things with it instead.

If you let this be a game, it doesn't have to hurt.