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Survival Quotes

"Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere."

"Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Survival, Isolation, Reality, Truth

10

"I've been through hell in this life, yet risen up and survived.I felt pity after heard that boy's preaching about motivation."

"I've been through hell in this life, yet risen up and survived.I felt pity after heard that boy's preaching about motivation."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Survival, Motivational, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

10

"The Knowledge Rule 2080: From maggots to men, the world is a corner bully. Better you knuckle up and go for yours than have to bow your head and tuck your chain."

"The Knowledge Rule 2080: From maggots to men, the world is a corner bully. Better you knuckle up and go for yours than have to bow your head and tuck your chain."

Ta-Nehisi Coates, American Writer

Survival, Power, Struggle, Ambition

10

"The biggest threats to human survival today are not wars or conflict, it is modern business."

"The biggest threats to human survival today are not wars or conflict, it is modern business."

Steven Magee, British Author

Survival, Business, Humanity, Challenge

10

"Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!"

"Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!"

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Survival, Fear, Escape, Warning, Truth

10

"It's hard enough being alive, trying to survive in the world and find your place in it, to do the things you need to do to get by, without wondering if the thing you just did, whatever it was, was worth someone having."

"It's hard enough being alive, trying to survive in the world and find your place in it, to do the things you need to do to get by, without wondering if the thing you just did, whatever it was, was worth someone having."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Survival, Life, Worth, Truth

10

"Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most."

"Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Survival, Hardship, Skill, Preparation

10

"As long as there arehuman beings aboutthere is never going to beany peacefor any individualupon this earth (oranywhere elsethey mightescape to).all you can dois maybe grabten lucky minuteshereor maybe an hourthere.somethingis working toward youright now, andI mean youand nobody butyou."

"As long as there arehuman beings aboutthere is never going to beany peacefor any individualupon this earth (oranywhere elsethey mightescape to).all you can dois maybe grabten lucky minuteshereor maybe an hourthere.somethingis working toward youright now, andI mean youand nobody butyou."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Survival, Peace, Escape, Individual

10

"Humans get used to even if they are in the hell."

"Humans get used to even if they are in the hell."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Survival, Adaptation, Reality, Truth

10

"I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulder blades, only I seldom had bread."

"I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulder blades, only I seldom had bread."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Survival, Hunger, Struggle, Body

10

"That's a funny thing: you think, when awful things happen, everything else just stops, like you would forget to pee and eat and get thirsty, but it's not really true. It's like you and your body are two separate things, like your body is betraying you, chugging on, idiotic and animal, craving water and sandwiches and bathroom breaks while your world falls apart."

"That's a funny thing: you think, when awful things happen, everything else just stops, like you would forget to pee and eat and get thirsty, but it's not really true. It's like you and your body are two separate things, like your body is betraying you, chugging on, idiotic and animal, craving water and sandwiches and bathroom breaks while your world falls apart."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Survival, Trauma, Body, Mind, Separation

10

"To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!"

"To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Survival, Hunger, Choice, Success

10

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

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

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Survival, Determination, Pride, Strength

10

"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."

"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

10

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

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

John Green, American Author

Survival, Life, Success, Truth

10

"We have teeth and we have tailsWe have tails we have eyesWe were here before you fellWe will be here when you rise."

"We have teeth and we have tailsWe have tails we have eyesWe were here before you fellWe will be here when you rise."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Survival, Strength, Animals, Life

10

"Someday you shall meet someoneWho's gonna look at you in awe - Flying high, wings all spread, And wonder how it'd be likeTo clip those wings, Tie those feet down, And cage you forever...When you hit the ground, Remember to run"

"Someday you shall meet someoneWho's gonna look at you in awe - Flying high, wings all spread, And wonder how it'd be likeTo clip those wings, Tie those feet down, And cage you forever...When you hit the ground, Remember to run"

Sanhita Baruah, Indian Writer

Survival, Freedom, Control, Oppression, Escape

9

"It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn."

"It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn."

James Patterson, American Author

Survival, Danger, Warning, Life

9

"The point is valid: the difference between survival and wipe-out in a physical crisis is nearly always a matter of conditioned reflexes."

"The point is valid: the difference between survival and wipe-out in a physical crisis is nearly always a matter of conditioned reflexes."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

Survival, Training, Instinct, Life

9

"They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest."

"They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Survival, Rest, Truth, Companionship

9

"The doctor of the future will be oneself."

"The doctor of the future will be oneself."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Survival, Medicine, Self, Future, Healing

9

"We get up in the morning and do what we must to survive. Nothing else is true, and nothing else matters."

"We get up in the morning and do what we must to survive. Nothing else is true, and nothing else matters."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Survival, Morning, Truth, Life

9

"You get up each morning and do what you can to survive. Nothing else is true, and nothing else matters."

"You get up each morning and do what you can to survive. Nothing else is true, and nothing else matters."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Survival, Life, Truth, Reality

9

"Every single creature on earth manages to survive one way or another, but not every creature truly lives."

"Every single creature on earth manages to survive one way or another, but not every creature truly lives."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Survival, Life, Wisdom, Truth

9

"I am born here among the monsters, if I have to survive I must act like one of them."

"I am born here among the monsters, if I have to survive I must act like one of them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Survival, Adaptation, Society, Life

9

"Terror builds inside him. The reality that tonight will be his last leaves a sour taste in his mouth. The Tainted will eat him, or on a more terrifying note-if that's even possible-maybe turn him into one of them. He'd rather die. But first, he'll take as many of those bastards out as he can. He throws his pack into the throng and jerks the blade from his belt. With a thudding heart, he slices through them. Blood arcs over him, onto him."

"Terror builds inside him. The reality that tonight will be his last leaves a sour taste in his mouth. The Tainted will eat him, or on a more terrifying note-if that's even possible-maybe turn him into one of them. He'd rather die. But first, he'll take as many of those bastards out as he can. He throws his pack into the throng and jerks the blade from his belt. With a thudding heart, he slices through them. Blood arcs over him, onto him."

Laura Kreitzer, American Author

Survival, Violence, Fear, War

9

"The best way to stay safe is, let them think your insane."

"The best way to stay safe is, let them think your insane."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Survival, Insanity, Deception, Truth

9

"Too many riddles weigh men down on earth. We must solve as we can, and try to keep a dry skin in the water."

"Too many riddles weigh men down on earth. We must solve as we can, and try to keep a dry skin in the water."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Survival, Life, Philosophy, Truth

9

"If you can't save your own life, is it even worth saving?"

"If you can't save your own life, is it even worth saving?"

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Survival, Life, Values, Choice

9

"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."

"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

9

"Fear is the venom impact of predator sting, causing prey not to be focus on the survival."

"Fear is the venom impact of predator sting, causing prey not to be focus on the survival."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Survival, Fear, Truth, Power

9

"We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left."

"We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Survival, Isolation, Generations, Existence

9

"I have so much health problems, but I believe I could still make it through."

"I have so much health problems, but I believe I could still make it through."

Jonathan Anthony Burkett, American Author

Survival, Health, Hope, Perseverance, Faith

9

"Surviving isn't around us, but in us."

"Surviving isn't around us, but in us."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Survival, Truth, Life, Wisdom

9

"I know that story, when you start a fight, the main idea is one to survive, one to be the victim and one to be the killer. This explains why FBI, CSI and DIA and other departments are here!"

"I know that story, when you start a fight, the main idea is one to survive, one to be the victim and one to be the killer. This explains why FBI, CSI and DIA and other departments are here!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Survival, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

9

"The Three of them were beautiful, in the way all girls of that age are beautiful. It can't be helped, that sort of beauty, nor can it be conserved; it's a freshness, a plumpness of the cells, that's unearned and temporary, and that nothing can replicate. None of them was satisfied with it, however; already they were making attempts to alter themselves into some impossible, imaginary mould, plucking and pencilling away at their faces. I didn't blame them, having done the same once myself."

"The Three of them were beautiful, in the way all girls of that age are beautiful. It can't be helped, that sort of beauty, nor can it be conserved; it's a freshness, a plumpness of the cells, that's unearned and temporary, and that nothing can replicate. None of them was satisfied with it, however; already they were making attempts to alter themselves into some impossible, imaginary mould, plucking and pencilling away at their faces. I didn't blame them, having done the same once myself."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Survival, Struggle, Persistence, Obsession, Self

9

"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit."

"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Survival, Life, Death, Sensitivity

9

"She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked."

"She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Survival, Reality, Life, Work

9

"If you allow coldness to engulf you before winter, season is helpless to help you."

"If you allow coldness to engulf you before winter, season is helpless to help you."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Survival, Winter, Help, Life, Truth

9

"We each survive in our own way."

"We each survive in our own way."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Survival, Individual, Path, Strength

9

"A wolf searches the path for prey that has paused. Keep moving."

"A wolf searches the path for prey that has paused. Keep moving."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Survival, Persistence, Movement, Strength

9

"Honor, I said with a snort. "Honor has no place in survival."

"Honor, I said with a snort. "Honor has no place in survival."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Survival, Honor, Reality, Cynicism

9

"Survive, survive and survive " these are the quintessential laws of Nature. But survive does not always mean being mean."

"Survive, survive and survive " these are the quintessential laws of Nature. But survive does not always mean being mean."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Survival, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

9

"Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves in a situation where they had to either eat human flesh, or go the way of all flesh."

"Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves in a situation where they had to either eat human flesh, or go the way of all flesh."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Survival, Morality, Cannibalism, Crisis

9

"Sometimes you're left with only 1 choice: Take what's yours and run for you life."

"Sometimes you're left with only 1 choice: Take what's yours and run for you life."

Jennifer Elisabeth, American Poet

Survival, Choice, Courage, Action

8

"Sometimes the very things that we're expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let's die so that we can live."

"Sometimes the very things that we're expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let's die so that we can live."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Survival, Life, Death, Faith, Truth

8

"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."

"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

8

"You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again."

"You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Survival, Fear, Hesitation, Strength

8

"How you feel about marrying me?' he asked in my ear."

"How you feel about marrying me?' he asked in my ear."

Kristen Ashley, American Novelist

Survival, Love, Question, Emotion, Affection

8

"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."

"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

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