Marian Keyes Quotes

Wow, you survived a blackout. You're made of stronger stuff than ice cream.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

The only thing I know how to do is survive.

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

My father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.

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

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.

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.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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.

There's going to be good things that get you, and there's going to be bad things that get you, so you better be willing, and your skin better be thick.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

Injuries make you stronger.

I'm a survivor.

As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.

Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

With, or despite our scars, we stay alive.

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

When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people fall apart at the first little thing that happens.

I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

When faced with disaster, learn to laugh faster.