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> [Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t-mean-just-that-it-holds-us/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

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> [Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-it-tears-away-from-us-all-but-the/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

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> [“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t-mean-just-that-it-holds-us-2/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

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## More by Arthur Golden

> [He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/he-was-like-a-song-i-d-heard-once-in-fragments-but-had-been-singing/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/sometimes-we-get-through-adversity-only-by-imagining-what-the-world/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/when-we-fight-upstream-against-a-rocky-undercurrent-every-foothold/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/never-give-up-for-even-rivers-someday-wash-dams-away/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever girl, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/oh-i-m-sure-you-re-right-auntie-said-probably-she-s-just-as-you-say/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“I'm not sure this will make sense to you, but I felt as though I'd turned around to look in a different direction, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/i-m-not-sure-this-will-make-sense-to-you-but-i-felt-as-though-i-d/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“We human beings are only a part of something very much larger. When we walk along, we may crush a beetle or simply cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/we-human-beings-are-only-a-part-of-something-very-much-larger-when-we/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/if-you-aren-t-the-woman-i-think-you-are-then-this-isn-t-the-world-i/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/you-know-the-men-go-to-tea-houses-with-the-expectation-that-they-will/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t-mean-just-that-it-holds-us/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“Most nights I lay on my futon I was sick with anxiety, and felt a pit inside myself as big and empty as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/most-nights-i-lay-on-my-futon-i-was-sick-with-anxiety-and-felt-a-pit/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/of-course-a-sign-doesn-t-mean-anything-unless-you-know-how-to/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“I knew even then that she was right. An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/i-knew-even-then-that-she-was-right-an-en-is-a-karmic-bond-lasting-a/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/i-didn-t-say-to-act-dead-i-said-act-helpless/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

> [“I'm not sure this will make sense to you but I felt as though I'd turned around to look in a different direction so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/i-m-not-sure-this-will-make-sense-to-you-but-i-felt-as-though-i-d-2/)

[Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/)

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