Nancy Porter

“The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were punishingly slim, for the world was naught by a school of calamity and an endless burning furnace of tribulation. But those who survived the world shaped it--even as the world, simultaneously, shaped them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“suspected everyone did—from Winnie, the least pulchritudinous,”
― Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins

“I had no roof I made       Audacity my roof. ROBERT PINSKY, “Samurai Song”
― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

“WHAT IS RESILIENCE? Resilience is the capacity of any entity—an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural system—to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience.”
― Judith Rodin, The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong