The quote by Nietzche, "What does not kill me, makes me stronger." Basically this states that you should try things that may be way out of your range but would help you out in the long run. The quote clearly resembles another saying, "If you don't try you'll never be able to do it." Montag has to make tough decisions and finally think for himself not just follow the orders he is given. Struggling through the pain is necessary to move on for the better.
Montag no longer know what he wants with his life. Mildred his wife betrays him and turns him in for having a book. It seems as though anyone he becomes close to either turns against him, get in some sort of trouble, or dies. Clarisse is killed, Mildred his own wife is completely against him, his friend Faber is stuck in trouble with Beatty, and Beatty his boss is the one who “punishes” him for disobeying the law. In the segment Montag has to deal with the pain of the loss of his wife, in the sense that she somewhat ditched him. There also is the physical pain he has to live with, from being shot in the leg and still having to carry on in his so called journey. The final pain he has to deal with is the pain of the unknown; Montag no longer knows who to turn to for help or shelter.
What makes Montag stronger is his will to go on, to continue through anything and everything. Montag does his job and struggles through his pain both physical and emotional. Letting himself fight through the pain all the way, it does not kill him. It only makes him stronger.
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