“The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle. It really is.”
“I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.”
“But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.”
“Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else.”
“But the coconut is also a symbol of resilience, Samar. Even in the conditions where there's very little nourishment and even less nurturance, it flourishes, growing taller than most of the plants around it.”
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”