P. C. Cast Quotes

But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.

Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!

Nietzsche famously said "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you.

If it makes you feel any better, this isn't my first apocalypse. There is hope.

You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.

Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.

I've been screwed and sued and tattooed, and I'm still standin' here in front of you.

Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.

Life is like a concentration camp... you can't leave without dying.

If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner

You’ve got to worry about the next play…Keep believing because people aren’t always going to like you but you have to believe in the people around you…You’re going to get knocked down but it’s how many times you get back up.

I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

I absolutely get thrills from taking on these big guys and recognizing how, behind all their power, they are so empty. I just keep going at it. Each of these balloons does deflate. I’ve seen a lot of balloons get deflated in my life.

He that endures is not overcome.

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

That that don't kill me, can only make me stronger.

My past is my shadow, it follows me everywhere I go. Well, all those things come from when I had no other choice. They put my back against the wall. I do what I gotta do.

The man watched him. Real life is pretty bad? What do you think? Well, I think we're still here. A lot of bad things have happened but we're still here. Yeah. You don't think that's so great. It's okay.

The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong to fall into such a mood, for Wars are always lost, and War always goes on; and it is no good growing faint.

Yet we must try the harder, the less the prospect of success.