"A drop in the bucket, a tear in the ocean, you've been treading cold water, memorizing the motion just to stay afloat."

Survival, Struggle, Hope, Endurance, Life

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"A drop in the bucket, a tear in the ocean, you've been treading cold water, memorizing the motion just to stay afloat."

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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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Survival, Death, Choice, Hope

"A wolf only attends a rabbit's funeral to eat its young."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Survival, Wolf, Rabbit, Predator

"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."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Survival, History, Humanity, Hope

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Survival, Hiding, Size, Environment

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Survival, Wolf, Danger, Teeth, Predator

"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."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Survival, Sanity, Struggle, Life

"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."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Survival, Empathy, Kindness, Weakness

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Survival, Love, Respect, Truth, Happiness

"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

"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

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"I think it's pretty common to hold onto people, to bribe them with things, say, a body, in the hopes of keeping them from leaving you. I don't think it's uncommon to invert such behaviors, to become something unlovable, in an effort to speed up the process of the inevitable. Fighting is an instinct. So is running. Everybody knows how to destroy a good thing. It's easy."

Attachment

"My desire to self-destruct is a one-night standon Groundhog Day.Fucking repetitive. Repetitively fucking."

Struggle

"Regret, albeit raw and relentless, is almost always unremarkable."

Regret

"There's stranger sex than sex with strangers."

Irony

"I'll be too drunk to fight when you ask why I prefer to hurt, so I'll start hurling stupid phrases like I love you at your naked chest, but no matter what I try, they'll all sound like cheap threats."

Heartbreak

"You grow bored of these shrines, and you abandon thembecause you know for a fact that you will worshipanything you kneel before.Like God.Like cock.Like porcelain."

Desire

"I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict."

Trust

"There are never any real stars in LA, but we've got a bunch of fake ones made out of brass and terrazzo. We embed them in the sidewalks outside of strip clubs and gift shops- Walk of Fame, walk of shame walk of names we're all destined to forget sooner or later."

Fame

"My desperation is deliberate. Despondency's a pheromone."

Struggle

"Under the influence, I am easily influenced. I try to keep my pants on, but some things are easier said than done."

Desire