“I am trying to find the courage to be tender in my life. I know violence is weakness. Only the gentle are ever really strong.”
“Only the gentle are ever really strong.”
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”
“I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.”
“...with the most infinite tenderness I have ever known in my life, he put his arms around me, gently, gently, and I embraced him around the neck, and we touched...”
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”