Quotes About Survival

It is one of the central human tragedies that war is not an aberration-it is what human beings do.

If you lived in the wild, you'd need to know how to make fire to survive. But you live in an urban world, and you need to make money. That means you need a job, and the only way to get a job is by turning a job interview into a job offer.

It was a bastard, life. It had the knack of throwing you a curve every now and then to keep you interested. To give you a reason to keep going. Then, just as you thought you had cracked it, you took delivery of a blow that was so severe you were amazed at how you could ever have survived it. But somehow you did, and somehow you carried on.

You must look out for number one. If you don't, no one else will.

Every man I've ever known has had an angle, some way of using women. With me mum's blokes it was the obvious – I mean, she was a brass. Most used her for her money or her body. Mostly her money. They lived off her, you know.

Non Omnis Moriar. I shall not altogether die. Horace (65 BC-8 BC)

surviving. One day she will have good times, another day bad times. It's called real life and she will have to get used to it.' Kevin hugged her.

When I did Dangerous Lady, they told me it was too violent and I said – she's hardly going to hit them with her handbag!

Keep the story alive," he said. "Memory cheats death.

Her tenacity resembles nothing so much as a decapitated gila monster whose severed head still clings to the victim it has bitten. - (Our Late Visitor)

we all live and die .. but not all of us die to live!

The tree had become our unspoken symbol of that important Christmas when we had all dug deep and fought for one another--for our survival. For our family. For our happiness. And in the process, discovering the true meaning of Christmas.

The streets were more empty than usual—everyone who had someone was probably at home, cuddling them up, waiting for the bombs to fall or the shooting to start or the diseases to spread or just for the chips in their heads to catch viruses, melt, and drip out of their brains.

Death by starvation is slow.

in most circumstances, ancient weapons were much better at wounding than killing outright; death followed later, by infection).

I could smack her, punch her in the face, but then I see what she can't hide from me. I've seen it before-the desperation, the agony, the need to find a reason to go on, and the inability to find it.

When Riley Tatum vanished twelve years ago, no one sounded an alarm. No one called the cops, gathered a search party, or posted flyers. She simply disappeared from the streets into an abyss. Swallowed whole. She should have died. Been long forgotten. But for reasons she didn't understand, the darkness spat her out.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

We must love one another or die.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don't think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore - or love.

Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in the light plug. Love -- youll stick your finger in anything.

I was standing all alone against the world outside. You were searching for a place to hide. Lost and lonely, now you've given me the will to survive. When we're hungry, Love will keep us alive.