Quotes About Strength

Tough, yet brittle. That's the thing about being really hard. When you do break, you shatter.

You will see the world. You will have love affairs with boys who see past a pretty face. You will be strong. You will call and tell me about it.

The men of her family – Frederick, Monty – were lovable and weak. The women could see life for what it was and bear it.

Like most real writers, she was a stronger person in her books than in her life. But she had a constant urge to re-create the women of her childhood, the faith she had in their comforting omniscience.

Just walk up to your hell & give it a push. Run through it & i'll be waiting on the other side.

Yeah, I know I've changed. Nothing gets to me anymore. Well, okay, except for stuff in the past. Back then I was all innocent and trusting and didn't know anything. Now I know plenty and you can't fucking touch me.

And I don't want to hurt anymore. I want to be someone who makes it through

Hell no. You're what saved you, kid. Not divine intervention.

Sawyer: Tell me where you are,Keely O´Hare,or I swear to God when I find you-and I will find you-I´ll paddle your ass something fierce. Keely:Oh,I´d like to see you try.

Some children grow stronger in the broken places, like bones; others grow sadder. I did both.

Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling

Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.

one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's.

A girl could never have too much jewelry or too much weaponry.

I spend most of my waking hours confronting and destroying things that I fear. A thousand-year-old master vampire was a tall order, but a girl's got to have a goal.

One of my favorite things about hanging out with the monsters is the healing. Straight humans seemed to get killed on me a lot. Monsters survived. Let's hear it for the monsters.

It's not about winning, Haven. I'm not a prize to be won. I'm not the princess that needs rescuing from the dragon. I'm the prince and I kill my own monsters. You need to be ok with that. -Anita Blake

You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line?

Believe this, Bitch.

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?

If I was truly as brave as I thought I was, I'd have let him go. But I loved him, and I wasn't that brave.