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Strength
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“Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong. ”
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“Everything nourishes what is strong already.”
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“True strength is delicate.”
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“I am the rock. / The hard rock. / You can't break me.”
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“The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting — what they've overcome and how, and what they haven't and how that's become a good thing. Almost everyone's life is both a gorgeous story and a tragedy. I think being alive is really, really hard, and I'm constantly stunned and amazed by people who make it interesting and beautiful.”
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“I may not overcome the inevitable, but O, it is mine to see that the inevitable does not overcome me.”
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“Depth isn't everything: the spruce / has no taproot, but to hold on / spreads its underpinnings thin — ...”
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“There is nothing so impenetrably stupid as the illusion of the strong who believe in their strength.”
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“Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands — and then eat just one of the pieces.”
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“A threefold cord cannot easily be broken.”
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“I am able to hold on and trust an animal five times my size with my life. Strength is not a physical measure, because no matter how 'strong' you are, you cannot out-muscle a horse. True strength is a quiet determination.”
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“Everyone has strength. It just depends on what they put that strength toward.”