“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”— Ian McEwan, amazon.com
“We are, none of us, pillars of strength. We use our moments of strength to carry us through our moments of weakness.”— Neetal Parekh, amazon.com
“Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.”— Gene Wolfe, amazon.com
“At your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered.”— Cecelia Ahern, amazon.com
“Being the strong one has given you super human powers in the eyes of others. They no longer see you as human. You can’t have a weak moment, that’s not you. Even worse, you feel like you can’t ever be weak — at least not in front of others. So you deal with things by yourself.”— Ravid Yosef, thoughtcatalog.com
“Experiencing pain because someone you love(d) is no longer a person you can call at 2 AM when you can’t sleep is not weakness. Crying when you come across old photographs and the memories hit you like a slap in the face is not weakness. Missing someone who you cared for is not weakness.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Just because she’s nice, doesn’t mean she’s weak. Just because you yell at her while she remains calm, doesn’t mean she’s losing the fight. If anything, she is winning.”— Jordan Lueder, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“Don't fall in love with me, because I'm strong and independent and at the same time crumbly and soft.”— Jezi Kirsten, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'd wish you the best of luck but I believe luck is a concept created by the weak to explain their failures.”— Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com
“I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blind eyes and sticky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“I’d be lying if I said you make me speechless the truth is you make my tongue so weak it forgets what language to speak in.”— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com