Libba Bray Quotes

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

The truth is, everybody falls into an incinerator of some measure or other. Not literally one. The question is what are you going to do with those bad times? Are you just going to let them gnaw at you?

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?

Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.

It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

My light shines when things get really tough.

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.

When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you.

I still don't love the darkness, though I've learned to smile in it a little bit, now and then.

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?' In my case, I suppose it's not just a cliche.

We all go through things in life. You try to stay positive, but you can't ignore bad things that happen. You just try to work through them.

You have to stay strong when it gets tough.

There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds travelling through the sky, And it's no good whining, About a silver lining, For we know from experience they won't roll by...

However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud.

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

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it