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> [“So I would teach myself to live in constant uncertainty, moment by moment, step by step. I would live as if I were dead already. With nothing to lose, nothing could surprise me, nothing could stop me from fighting; my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/so-i-would-teach-myself-to-live-in-constant-uncertainty-moment-by/)

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## More by Nando Parrado

> [“I had always thought that life was the actual thing, the natural thing, and that death was simply the end of living. Now, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/i-had-always-thought-that-life-was-the-actual-thing-the-natural-thing/)

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> [“You are angry at the God you were taught to believe in as a child. The God who is supposed to watch over you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/you-are-angry-at-the-god-you-were-taught-to-believe-in-as-a-child-the/)

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> [I would walk until I had walked all the life out of me, and when I fell, I would die that much closer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/i-would-walk-until-i-had-walked-all-the-life-out-of-me-and-when-i/)

[Nando Parrado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nando-parrado/)

> [“I saw the error I was making. I had been thinking of the disaster as a horrible mistake, as an unscripted deviation from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/i-saw-the-error-i-was-making-i-had-been-thinking-of-the-disaster-as-a/)

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> [“Things make sense. There are rules and realities that will not change to suit your needs. It's your job to understand those rules. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/things-make-sense-there-are-rules-and-realities-that-will-not-change/)

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> [I think life is simpler than we tend to think. We look for answers and more answers. But there are no answers. Things happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/i-think-life-is-simpler-than-we-tend-to-think-we-look-for-answers-and/)

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> [Death has an opposite, but the opposite is not mere living. It is not courage or faith or human will. The opposite of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/death-has-an-opposite-but-the-opposite-is-not-mere-living-it-is-not/)

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> [We all have our own personal Andes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/we-all-have-our-own-personal-andes/)

[Nando Parrado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nando-parrado/)

> [Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/love-is-our-only-weapon-only-love-can-turn-mere-life-into-a-miracle/)

[Nando Parrado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nando-parrado/)

> [“So I would teach myself to live in constant uncertainty, moment by moment, step by step. I would live as if I were dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/so-i-would-teach-myself-to-live-in-constant-uncertainty-moment-by/)

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> [As we used to say in the mountains, Breathe. Breathe again. With every breath, you are alive. After all these years, this still the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/as-we-used-to-say-in-the-mountains-breathe-breathe-again-with-every/)

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> [We all have our personal Andes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/we-all-have-our-personal-andes/)

[Nando Parrado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nando-parrado/)

> [“In the years since the disaster, I often think of my friend Arturo Nogueira, and the conversations we had in the mountains about God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/in-the-years-since-the-disaster-i-often-think-of-my-friend-arturo/)

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> [Savour your existence. Live every moment. Do not waste a breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/savour-your-existence-live-every-moment-do-not-waste-a-breath/)

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> [“I come from a plane that fell into the mountains. I am Uruguayan. We have been walking for ten days. I have a friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nando-parrado/i-come-from-a-plane-that-fell-into-the-mountains-i-am-uruguayan-we/)

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