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"Survival is triumph enough."

Harry Crews, American Novelist

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"Survival is triumph enough."

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"I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion.Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then."There is no other stream," said the Lion."

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"There is no pride when it comes to survival, only determination."

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"I can't believe that we have reached the end of everything. The red dust is frightening. The carbon dioxide is real. Water is expensive. Bio-tech has created as many problems as it has fixed, but we're here, we're alive, we're the human race, we have survived wars and terrorism and scarcity and global famine, and we have made it back from the brink, not once but many times. History is not a suicide note - it's a record of our survival."

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"A whale has nowhere to hide in a river."

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"A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect."

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"The safest thing to do when in danger is to be too stupid to know you are in danger."

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"The rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries."

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"She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among predatory beasts, any display of weakness is an invitation to attack."

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"There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect."

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"What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living."

"Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business."

"He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure."

"There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with."

"Survival is triumph enough."

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