““The strength I'm looking for isn't the kind where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that outside power, to stand up to it. The strength to quietly endure things--unfairness, misfortune, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings." "That's got to be the most difficult strength of all to make your own." "I know…””
