Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.
So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.
Weak or strong, everyone falls at least a thousand times throughout their life. It is in what they learn from their fall and how steady they become that you recognize the strongest of all." -Grandma (Magdalen)
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
God uses people to help others. I only pray my faith is strong enough to get me through what I have to face.
...because I'm even more determined to bring that light back to his eyes. And I know my love is strong enough to do it.
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
The mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed—your self.
I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me.
A perfectly happy marriage? There is no such thing. There are strong marriages that can survive problems, but happiness is such a brief condition, interrupted by difficulties and plain, boring routine.
If you didn't feel like your support system was strong enough, then getting yourself out of the situation was the best thing to do
It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.
I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk.
When life deals you a rough hand, it’s not about how strong you are but how many people out there believe in you, stand by you: your FRIENDS.
I lay my cheek on his solid back. I realize this is the real Jacade. The man who’s strong and fierce, but vulnerable and damaged. Confident and dominating, but generous and kind.
One big blow can hit and destroy any strong door in front of you. As for the 1000 feeble blows, they can’t even remove the cobwebs. Courage is the key.
Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.
And so the very thing that should make Egypt strong - the richness and diversity of her culture - serves to divide her and make her weak.
Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you.
I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.
Oh, life, life!" Bastidas complained, sipping his drink. "What is life? A little flame at the tip of a candle, exposed to a strong wind.
