“stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.”

“He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things.”

“How do you do it? How do you stay so strong?”

“You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.”

“You can't grow strong without resistance.”

“You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.”

“Other men are strong like bricks - firm, unyielding, but if you pound on them long enough, they crack. You… you're strong like the wind. Always there, so willing to bend, but never apologetic for the times when you must be firm.”

“But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.”

“Honour is to you and me as strong an obligation, as necessity to others.”
Neque enim minus apud nos honestas quam apud alios necessitas valet.

“You can," he said. There was a tremulous note in his voice. "You're strong—you're so, so strong. It's why I love you.”