Alive Quote by Toni Morrison

She tried to stay strong, but the pain was too wild. A smile, so lovely, you wouldn't believe it was fake. The pressure to…

— Me

“Was that hard-hearted? Well, so what if it was. She'd been through enough to harden anyone. It was none of her choosing; all she'd…

— Emma Donoghue

Karen wasn't hard, she was soft, too soft. A soft touch. Her hair was soft, her smile was soft, her voice was soft. She…

— Margaret Atwood

“Raising the dead was easy; love was hard.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“He was hard and soft at the same time and she wanted to know how hard and how soft he could be about other…

— Lacy Silk

“She shut her eyes and he could see that the lids were trembling. "Dear little Dot, life is so damned hard." She was crying…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She'd faced some hard knocks in life - one really hard one five years ago - and had managed to cultivate a protective shell…

— Becky Wade

“I stared at him for a moment, and then I exploded. “You threw a knife at me!” “I did,” he replied calmly. “You hit…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“The pain broke through the skin, dismantled her pores, and ate away at everything that was once strong. She was laid bare with nothing…

— J. Autherine

“How did he do that?” Alex stumbled to her feet with Aiden’s aid, swaying to one side. Both looked okay. “How did he do…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“You’ve been going hard ever since it happened. Why don’t you take some time to properly mourn her, find a way to get your…

— Stacy Green

She was tough in the best sense of the word. She'd taken blows, the disappointments, and had worked her way through them. Some people,…

— Nora Roberts