“She’d always loved the mountains, but as she turned back to face the spectacular seascape in the distance, she nearly lost her… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“The calming presence of the forest merged with the beating hearts of the human beings, each of whom was emanating the same… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others,… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
The writing that most interests me isn't about narcos or sicarios or police or whatever. It's about the victims and the survivors,… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
The number-one show in America on Sundays will be Celebrity Apprentice. Monday nights, The Voice will be number one. Wednesday nights, Survivor… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon… — Maureen Brady Copy Share Image
“I won't waste your time with the injuries of my childhood, with my loneliness, or the fear and sadness of the years… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“You may have fallen down, but you can get back up again. You may have doors shut, but new doors will open… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
“Jephthah called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“All this occupied his thoughts when he revisited the places of his war. Tramping over soil fed by the blood of men… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces,… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Getting into action generates inspiration. Don’t cop out waiting for inspiration to get you back into action. It won’t! Before I take… — Robert Evans Copy Share Image
It's weird, I was such a survivor and so wanted to be a part of life while I was trying to snuff… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“She made herself look. To face down that place of pain and despair. It would always leave a mark, a stain on… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“You are here and it hurts and the world feels impossibly heavy and you are shouting bargains at the moon and there… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is… — Lori Goodwin Copy Share Image
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways:… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
“Why did I allow the abuse to continue? Even as a teenager? I didn’t. Something that had been plaguing me for years… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more… — Inge Genefke Copy Share Image
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I think the typical way is that usually Holocaust survivors are known to be very quiet and full of anxiety, many of… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother -… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
“Why are the photographs of him as a little boy so incredibly hard to look at? Something is over. Now instead of… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
There are so many fantastic roles, but the ones that have always drawn me to them are the loners who, for whatever… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
There's always a question when you invest. Are you too early, are you too late, or are you just right? And there… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
“It took me a long time, but I prefer “victim” to “survivor” now. I don’t want to diminish the gravity of what… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends—one, a 91-year-old survivor of the grinding poverty of rural Ireland, immigrant New York… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
“When I was cooking I enjoyed a sense of being ‘out’ of myself. The action of dicing vegetables and warming oil made… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“You may be operating from the belief that you must do everything yourself because no one will ever be there for you.… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Weird? Absurd? That’s how it seemed to me. I had these forces, these compunctions, these alternative personalities inside me, driving me. It… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
In an all-out nuclear war, more destructive power than in all of World War II would be unleashed every second during the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“In my country, we value achievement. People are free to decide what that means to them, and I’ve always considered helping others… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“Other personalities are created to handle new traumas, their existence usually occurring one at a time. Each has a singular purpose and… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“Each one of us is more likely to believe someone when they point out our flaws and can connect what we know… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“People with Complex PTSD suffer from more severe and frequent dissociation symptoms, as well as memory and attention problems, than those with… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
