“Stand like a beaten anvil.”
“Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal's worthless till it's shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.”
“He tries to force the anger down, but it's like an anvil on his chest. He closes his eyes, like Sammy taught him, and forces the anvil up; he softens.”
“Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil.”
“Suffer or triumph, be the hammer or the anvil.”
“Palestine is the anvil of our souls.”