Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Quotes

For me and Washington, it was like I was in a dark tunnel, and the light was really far away.

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.

The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.

It is possible I am pushing through solid rock, like the vein of ore encased, alone. I am such a long way in I can see no way through and no space. Everything is close to my face and everything close to my face is stone. I don't have much knowledge yet in grief, so this darkness makes me feel small. You, be the Master; Make yourself fierce; break in. And then your great transforming will happen to me And my great grief cry will happen to you.

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

I proved to myself that I can overcome a lot of things that probably would have broken some people.

On top of trying to find my way in this business and losing my mother and trying to figure out what family meant to me and everything - 2016, there was a lot of anger from me and a lot of anger all around. I think the hardest part was to really realize that all these things, it's worth it.

I just kind of live in that world that everyone's upset with me. That's OK; I'll just go out and try and do what I do.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

There's a darkness that everyone must face, it wants to take what's good and fair and lay it all to waste. And that darkness covers everything in sight, until it meets a single point of light.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

This time her heart would not break, even though it would hurt and hurt for a long time to come. Perhaps for the rest of her life. But it would not break. She had the strength to go on alone.

It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good. You could say it was unfair, and that was true, but the universe didn’t care because it didn’t know what “fair” meant. That was the big problem about being a witch. It was up to you. It was always up to you.

Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.

What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love Life.

Throughout the journey of my life, I have maintained a strong faith in the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. I deeply believe in one's own positive will to overcome even the most daunting challenges.

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.