Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.
When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.