“I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.”
William Kent Krueger (1950) author, novelist
Source: Iron Lake
“I used to be strong, but now I am weak.
I used to be pretty, but now I look sick.”
— E. Lockhart, book We Were Liars
Source: We Were Liars
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Variant: I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak -Cady Sinclair
Source: We Were Liars
“I am weak and therefore I am strong.”
Bing Xin (1900–1999) Chinese writer
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“I am sick of atrocities, though these are now the natural order of our world.”
Imre Kertész (1929–2016) Hungarian writer
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Tex Atchison (1912–1982) American musician
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“I used to be called Captain Chainsaw, now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame.”
Jair Bolsonaro (1955) Brazilian president elect
On 20 August 2019 https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/politica-br/amazonia-bolsonaro-diz-que-passou-de-capitao-motosserra-a-nero, joking about the Amazon rainforest wildfires. Bolsonaro says Brazil lacks resources to fight Amazon fires https://www.ft.com/content/8f9ded3a-c4c8-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9. Financial Times (22 August 2019).