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1 " It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self. "
― Criss Jami , Killosophy
2 " To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as, not an adversary, but the cherry on top of his strength, to rearrange the scar so that it compliments his features. "
3 " Not all men are handsome and strong. There are some who are cowards from birth. There are some who are weak by nature. There are even some who cry easily. But for such a man, a man both weak and cowardly, to bear the burden of his weakness and struggle valiantly to live a beautiful life-- that's what I call great. The reason I'm so fond of Gaston is not because he has a strong will or a good head. Rather it's because, weakling and coward that he is, he keeps on fighting in his own way. "
― Shūsaku Endō , Wonderful Fool
4 " A man is called a saint not because he does no longer sin but because he recognizes his weakness and seeks for forgiveness every time he falls "
― Bangambiki Habyarimana , Pearls Of Eternity
5 " No.’ Dorren shifted onto his knees, leaning towards her. ‘This is just the beginning, you’ll see. You are his weakness and you will ruin everything. "
6 " A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches. "
― Rick Perlstein , Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
7 " Unlike Kim Cardassian or Donald Trump, Montaigne regarded the inward glance as an adventure in self-effacement not self infatuation. He was a charming and perceptive critic of his own foibles, especially alert to his weakness for inconsistency. "
8 " His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made no movement at all. "
― Mervyn Peake , Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2)
9 " I needed to channel the darkness that ran through my veins and embrace it. To play this game better than this man ever could have predicted. After all, I’d only been with him twice, and already I could see his weakness. His weakness was me. "
― A. Zavarelli , Echo (Bleeding Hearts, #1)
10 " Dan didn’t want to say anything, but the words were unstoppable. “I fucking love you. Don’t leave me. You’ve got to find me.” Again, fucking tears. Vadim shook his head, then pressed his face into the crook of Dan’s shoulder, hoped to hide his weakness and felt like a man condemned to die. “I will... find you. If it’s the last thing I’ll do, I’ll come back. Nothing will stop me. "
― Aleksandr Voinov , Special Forces - Soldiers (Special Forces, #1)
11 " And yet I wasn't sure what his weakness was. We all do that as we get to know someone. Like a tabloid editor, we search for both greatness and weakness, jotting down notes in our heads for future exploitation. We are never comfortable with those who have no visible flaw. "
― Neil Strauss , The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
12 " And always, I could see that, despite his weakness for her or because of it, he seemed uncatchable, as if he might slip away at any moment. "
― Jodi Lynn Anderson , Tiger Lily
