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What is the source of the quote, "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places"?

strong

[strawng, strong] / strɔŋ, strɒŋ /


ADJECTIVE
able to endure
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An infantryman with the call-sign Dealer tells me he feels strong, but it is good to be finally heading home: "It's an impressive operation. Over three months, we moved positions four times."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

DHL Group DHL 0.90%increase; up pointing triangle upgraded its outlook for 2026 on the back of positive momentum and prospects of a strong seasonal peak in the last quarter of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Norte fire in south Orange County broke out amid strong Santa Ana winds on Friday morning, triggering mandatory evacuations in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I don’t have a strong view on whether or not I think the criminal law should change because of this case.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

I want to freeze it in time: us, here together, connected by an unbreakable understanding and more love than I have ever felt for this gentle, frail, strong old lady.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

He and Levinson hope that by strengthening local communities, it can eventually lead to stronger national bonds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The effects were even stronger when the progenitors carried both CAR receptors and the additional signal designed to activate other immune cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"What we need from Jakarta is greater transparency, stronger enforcement against companies responsible for illegal burning, and closer cooperation with neighbouring countries."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

It added: "We are bringing in tougher regulation, stronger enforcement and greater accountability, so water companies deliver for customers and the environment."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

How, throughout history, death has been nature’s tool to create stronger communities of animals and people.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The strongest evidence will come when more useful AI services produce durable revenue and cash returns that justify the infrastructure behind them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

TBR, which recorded its strongest quarter to date in the period ending in June, brings a global presence and 24-hour service center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The current El Nino event, which emerged in June, is expected to peak later this year but is already shaping up to be the strongest ever observed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Any individual found to have engaged in such behaviour will face the strongest possible action."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

During the 1940s she’d been one of the strongest female players in the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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