Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

No one can hurt me - that's my job.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.

I try to think of a way to get there without going past it. There are lots of ways, but they all have me walking a little farther. And that's stupid, I decide. What am I, a little kid? I can stand to see something it hurts to want. I can see it and then just keep walking. It happens to lots of people everyday. We all survive.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

Something hurts, lean in. You just lean into that point until it loses its power over you. There's a certain amount of suffering that you have to be willing to sustain if you want to have a good life. And the real trick is to be able to sustain it with your heart open and still be loving.

You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

You can only get hurt so much before you get numb.

When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn't necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you'll be able to bear it.

What fortitude the Soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming Foot- The opening of a Door.

And yet, I found I could survive. I was alert, I felt the pain - the aching loss that radiated out from my chest, sending wracking waves of hurt through my limbs and head - but it was manageable. I could live through it. I didn't feel like the pain had weakened over time, rather that I'd grown strong enough to bear it.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives.

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.

So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)

The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today.

I'm human, so of course certain things sometimes hurt. I just laugh at it.

People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again—but it finds a tougher surface.

Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am, like I am made of glass, like I am made of paper.Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper.