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Quotes About Survival

The book is water in the desert.
~ Jeanine Cummins
No one can stay in a brutal, bloodstained place.
~ Jeanine Cummins
But now the cartels murdered a Mexican journalist every few weeks, and Lydia recoiled from her husband's integrity. It felt sanctimonious, selfish. She wanted Sebastián alive more than she wanted his strong principles.
~ Jeanine Cummins
Despite everything, he likes being alive.
~ Jeanine Cummins
I've seen bad things, too," he assures her. "Yeah?" He nods. "I guess you wouldn't be on top of this train if you hadn't.
~ Jeanine Cummins
Lydia knows she's increased their chances of survival. She needs to take encouragement where she can find it. She mustn't despair at the enormity of the task yet ahead. She should focus only on the immediate next steps.
~ Jeanine Cummins
For mothers, the question is immaterial anyway. Her survival is a matter of instinct rather than desire.
~ Jeanine Cummins
Only one out of three will make it to your destination alive. Will it be you?" He points at a man in his fifties with a neatly trimmed beard and a fresh T-shirt.
~ Jeanine Cummins
migra. When has she ever
~ Jeanine Cummins
perímetro. Lydia move o corpo na direção dessa
~ Jeanine Cummins
Jeanine Cummins
~ Está cerrado,
They perceive each other, the unspoken trauma they've both endured, their reasons for being here. It's as subtle and significant as a heartbeat.
~ Jeanine Cummins
Jeanine Cummins
~ photographs,
which she leaves)
~ Jeanine Cummins
Recevant une faible irradiation solaire aux heures les plus chaudes, ils n'avaient plus besoin de toison... sauf sur la tête.
~ Jean-Jacques Hublin
Homo erectus ne se réfugie plus dans les arbres, c'est un véritable chasseur qui parcourt de grandes distances en milieu découvert. Il est bien adapté à la chaleur des savanes et des steppes. Il est peut-être le premier à posséder une peau nue, capable de transpirer.
~ Jean-Jacques Hublin
There exists one book, which, to my taste, furnishes the happiest treatise of natural education. What then is this marvelous book? Is it Aristotle? Is it Pliny, is it Buffon? No—it is Robinson Crusoe.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nu se murea sub bombele englezilor È™i ale americanilor. Dar se murea încetul cu încetul, din nemâncare, din lips? de aer, din lips? de libertate, se murea pentru c? oamenii nu mai visau. Marea era doar o dung? albastr? în zare, printre palmieri, pe deasupra acoperiÈ™urilor roÈ™ii.
~ Jean-Marie G. Le Clézio
Un miros de s?rac, un miros de violen??, de necesitatea de a parveni.
~ Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
drowned or run away to Canada.
~ Jeanne Birdsall
She is bone-chilled and a bit battered, but she breathes.
~ Jeanne G'Fellers
Laughter helps us view frustrations and disappointments from new perspectives; it enables us to survive hard times, setbacks, and frustrations.
~ Jeanne Segal
By protecting your nervous system and keeping you focused, laughter and play offer you opportunities to thrive even in inhospitable environments.
~ Jeanne Segal
If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
~ Jeannette Walls