It is only when one is under extreme duress that one's true character is revealed. - Christopher Earle
Duress impacts relationships in one of two ways. It either tears people apart... binding them tightly in a common objective. - Emily Thorne
I think women dwell quite a bit on the duress under which they work, on how hard it is just to do it at all. We are traditionally rather proud of ourselves for having slipped creative work in there between the domestic chores and obligations. I'm not sure we deserve such big A-pluses for all that. - Toni Morrison