#th

The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it STRENGTH. Those two thing make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#adversity

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. ↗

— Titus Lucretius Carus

#heart #peril #reality #truth #adversity

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#fantasy #horse #ruby #strength-through-adversity #womanhood

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure. ↗

— Criss Jami

#adversity #compel #drive #endure #failure

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. ↗

— Washington Irving

#solitude #thoughts #adversity

The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#along-for-the-ride #adam

...the only thing that had tethered her to the earth had been him and it was strange, but she felt welded to him on some core level now. He had seen her at her absolute worst, at her weakest and most insane, and he hadn't looked away. He hadn't judged and he hadn't been burned. It was as if in the heat of her meltdown they had melted together. This was more than emotion. It was a matter of soul. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#john-matthew #lover-mine #xhex #insanity

You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it. ↗

— Elissa Schappell

#motherhood

As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia's idea of illuminating their tributes. The electric-light-studded outfits from District 3, where they make electronics, at least make sense. But what are the livestock keepers from Distric 10, who are dressed as cows, doing with flaming belts? Broiling themselves? Pathetic. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#city-circle #katniss #katniss-and-peeta #panem #the-capitol

The finest fury is the most controlled. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bob-dylan #control #fury #lonesome-death-of-hattie-carroll #music