#over

He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #die

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day. ↗

— Deng Ming-Dao

#suffering #taoism #harmony

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#getting-over-it #problems

What brings you onto my property?" Rhev said, cradling his mug with both hands trying to absorb its warmth. Got a problem" I can't fix your personality, sorry ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #lover-enshrined #phury #rhev #problems

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #being overwhelmed #frightened #had #high

...she made her home in between the pages of books. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#grace #grace

You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#loss #recovery #dance

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#beloved #christ #gifts #gives #grace

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. ↗

— Aristotle

#philosphy #self-discovery #enemy

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. ↗

— Aristotle

#philosophy #self-discovery #enemy