“It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all the...” — Lillian Hellman Quote

“It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.”

“If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama.”

“Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.”

“Mental strength requires a three-pronged approach - managing our thoughts, regulating our emotions, and behaving productively despite our circumstances. While all three areas can be a struggle, it's often our thoughts that make it most difficult to be mentally strong.”

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”

“If I can learn how to rely on my own strength, I can see the answers to my problems usually lie right there, within the problem itself.”