Quotes About Strength

It wasn't my fault. ANd I'm not going to let it kill me. I can grow.

Have you considered what you might do to help? You have recovered, so you cannot get the fever again. You are young and strong. We have a real need for you." "How can I help anyone? I'm just a girl." As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I wanted to pinch myself. The first time anyone treats me like a woman and I respond like an infant.

I sniff again and wipe my eyes on my arm. The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.

that's pretty good, for a young girl from Fever 1793

The opposite of innocence is not sin. Dearly beloved, the opposite of innocence is strength.

It takes more to scare me now.

Yesterday's dirt and mistakes have moved through me. I am shiny and pink inside, clean. Empty is good. Empty is strong.

No use crying, just get on with your life.

When I was little I had no idea what she'd been through. She used to say Affection is a sign of weakness which totally baffled me because she should be both affectionate and strong. I'd give anything to understand all of the layers of tragedy that forced her shell to become so hard.

Superheroes work the hardest when things get tough.

We're all born to fight, but few are ever trained. Instead, they tell us Be nice.

You can only be brave if you're scared.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I am strong enough to pick up a stick of butter. I am strong enough to peel off the paper wrapper, drop a hunk in the pan, and watchlistensmell it melt.

And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.

Now I knew. I would fight the eagle and the chains and that mountain as long as I had breath.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I shook from the effort of holding myself still, clutching the crumpled paper. Momma said we had to fight the evil inside us by overcoming it with goodness. She said it was a hard thing to do, but it made us worthy. I breathed deep to steady myself.

The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots

Laurie Halse Anderson

Don't forget how to be gentle, she warned. Don't let the hardness of the world steal the softness of your heart. The greatest strength of all is daring to love.

Now you are burnt-out husks, your spirits haggard, sere, always breeding over your wanderings long and hard, your hearts never lifting with any joy - you've suffered far too much.

scars may look stronger than unwounded skin, but they're not once broken, we're hurt again, or worse

She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.