stronger at the broken places
STRONG-er at the BROH-ken PLAY-sez
ˈstrɒŋər æt ðə ˈbroʊkən ˈpleɪsɪzListen
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adversity, injury, and hardship, when survived and healed, leave a person stronger and more resilient than before the damage occurred; the metaphor is biological, invoking the way bone that has fractured and healed correctly is denser and stronger at the fracture site; popularised from Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, where the narrator reflects that the world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places; resonates with psychological research on post-traumatic growth and the role of adversity in developing character and resilience
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