Dorothy Parker Quotes

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

I've been through hell not totally unscathed, but I came out not too bad.

I've been through a lot; that I have.

I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.

Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies.

I've had, what, two years? Probably five good years. Before that I had twenty years of uncertainty and suffering and ego destruction and poverty. All those things. That'll always outweigh the good times.

We all take a beating every day, you know, one way or another.

Life is never completely without its challenges.

Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma.

I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.

when the fierce, burning winds blow over our lives-and we cannot prevent them-let us, too, accept the inevitable. And then get busy and pick up the pieces.

Life is much the same when it's going well-- resonant and unremarkable. But who, not under disaster's seal, can understand what life is like when it begins to crumble?

All people—all lives—are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

When I was 17 years old, I put out an album while my mother was dying of cancer. That right there alone is a struggle. That's hard. That's tough for anybody.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

I try to show that I have no fear. When you grow up hungry, you're not afraid of anything.

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.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

Life is supposed to get tough.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

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