"I would close my eyes and dream of something strong, dream of horses exploding, rising into the air, their hearts beating survive, survive, survive."

Survival, Strength, Hope, Imagination

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"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Survival, Adaptation, Comparison, Wisdom

"Food, the stoking-up process, the keeping alive of an individual flame, the process that begins before birth and is continued after it by the mother, and finally taken over by the individual himself, who goes on day after day putting an assortment of objects into a hole in his face without becoming surprised or bored."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Survival, Food, Life, Nature

"Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Survival, Endurance, Truth, Death, Determination

"Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Survival, Comfort, Economy, Protection

"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Survival, Evolution, Glory, Poor

"When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Survival, Nightmare, Hope, Ordinary, Life

"I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody."

Stephen King, American Author

Survival, Education, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"In this world only the paranoid survive."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Survival, Reality, Strength, Power

"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Survival, Endurance, Pain, Life

"We just did an awesome job of not dying."

John Green, American Author

Survival, Life, Success, Truth

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"The ordinary can be like medicine."

Simplicity, Healing, Ordinary, Balance

"They wanted to help me with my pain."

Compassion, Support, Pain, Intention

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

Education, Reading, Youth, Learning

"And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared."

Courage, Imagination, Romance, Risk

"I learned how to stop crying.I learned how to hide inside of myself.I learned how to be somebody else.I learned how to be cold and numb."

Trauma, Defense, Survival, Identity

"I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false."

Denial, Self-Deception, Truth, Irony

"So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University but not quite good enough for St. Mary's College of the Blessed Womb Warriors."

Motherhood, Romance, Identity, Expectation

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"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."

"Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs."

"Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold."

"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."

"When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so."

"I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody."

"In this world only the paranoid survive."

"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

"We just did an awesome job of not dying."

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"The ordinary can be like medicine."

"They wanted to help me with my pain."

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

"And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared."

"I learned how to stop crying.I learned how to hide inside of myself.I learned how to be somebody else.I learned how to be cold and numb."

"I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false."

"If it's fiction, then it better be true."

"The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more."

"It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame."

"So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University but not quite good enough for St. Mary's College of the Blessed Womb Warriors."