Savvy Perseverance Quotes

This part introduces an interesting new angle on Samson—the fact that he seems to have gotten his savvy earlier than most people. On top of that, Samson's savvy, while calming and re-centering people, also aids in their ability to persevere in what they're doing. Things seem hopeless here, but Samson is able to help Mibs keep going.

Here's another question about what perseverance means: Does it mean going on even when the result might be bad or impossible to achieve? How about when it makes you do something potentially dangerous? Mibs shows us here that the persevering part of her character also makes her ignore her ingrained habits and find strength that she didn't know she had inside. Is that a good definition of perseverance—the strength to ignore what we think is the safe path to take?

Lill shows a particular kind of perseverance here, the waiting kind. Perseverance isn't really an action, it's a state of mind—Lill must persevere through the next few minutes even though it probably seems like hours, maintaining her faith in Lester no matter what happens during his sale.