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title: "16 Necessary Survival Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Necessary Survival quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Necessary Survival sayings and thoughts."
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> [“This was wrong, dangerous, stupid...and necessary to the survival off her soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-burrowes/this-was-wrong-dangerous-stupid-and-necessary-to-the-survival-off-her/)

[Grace Burrowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-burrowes/)

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> [“Writing is like breathing -- it is necessary for my survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-c-hillstrom/writing-is-like-breathing-it-is-necessary-for-my-survival/)

[Michelle C. Hillstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-c-hillstrom/)

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> [In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-caroline-richards/in-a-lethal-world-poetry-is-necessary-for-survival/)

[Mary Caroline Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-caroline-richards/)

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> [Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-badnarik/government-is-necessary-for-our-survival-we-need-government-in-order/)

[Michael Badnarik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-badnarik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/michael-badnarik-19871_constitution_government-is-necessary-for-our-survival_950904.jpg)

> [In moments after trauma, the way to survive is to just think about yourself, which is selfish to people around you, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-victor/in-moments-after-trauma-the-way-to-survive-is-to-just-think-about/)

[Eva Victor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-victor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/eva-victor-5757_moments_in-moments-after-trauma-the-way-to-survi_2308377.jpg)

> [“This is the basic lesson of evolutionary psychology: a need shaped in the wild continues to be felt subjectively even if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/this-is-the-basic-lesson-of-evolutionary-psychology-a-need-shaped-in/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [I know what I did to you was so wrong, but at the time it also felt so necessary to my survival.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/i-know-what-i-did-to-you-was-so-wrong-but-at-the-time-it-also-felt-so/)

[Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/gayle-forman-312_being-true_i-know-what-i-did-to-you-was-so-wrong-bu_1009384.png)

> [“Do you understand what it would do to me if someone got to you? … It would destroy me if you or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-proby/do-you-understand-what-it-would-do-to-me-if-someone-got-to-you-it/)

[Kristen Proby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-proby/)

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> [All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/all-that-is-really-necessary-for-survival-of-the-fittest-it-seems-is/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/grace-paley-3243_interest_all-that-is-really-necessary-for-surviva_2677688.png)

> [“(God) seemed to know everything that was in her heart and to understand that nothing dwelt there that wasn’t absolutely necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-russo/god-seemed-to-know-everything-that-was-in-her-heart-and-to-understand/)

[Richard Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-russo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/richard-russo-1691_god_god-seemed-to-know-everything-that-was-i_2324821.png)

> [I think transcending our cultures is going to be extraordinarily necessary for our survival. I don't think we can carry our cultures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-think-transcending-our-cultures-is-going-to-be-extraordinarily/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/terence-mckenna-287_culture_i-think-transcending-our-cultures-is-goi_2060049.jpg)

> [Our five senses evolved for survivability, and probably are the minimum necessary for our survival. There is so much of the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-davis/our-five-senses-evolved-for-survivability-and-probably-are-the/)

[Mary Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/mary-davis-84159_fifty_our-five-senses-evolved-for-survivabilit_2657844.png)

> [“The ferocious virtues that had been necessary for survival on the American frontier were theirs: they were men who lived freely, wastefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stegner/the-ferocious-virtues-that-had-been-necessary-for-survival-on-the/)

[Wallace Stegner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stegner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/wallace-stegner-1352_character_the-ferocious-virtues-that-had-been-nece_2631507.png)

> [Money is only important in a society when certain resources for survival must be rationed and the people accept money as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacque-fresco/money-is-only-important-in-a-society-when-certain-resources-for/)

[Jacque Fresco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacque-fresco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/jacque-fresco-1644_accepting_money-is-only-important-in-a-society-whe_2627363.png)

> [“When we fail to express our needs, we remain islands unto ourselves—detached, alone, arrogant, and proud. But when we expose our needs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cloud/when-we-fail-to-express-our-needs-we-remain-islands-unto-ourselves/)

[Henry Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cloud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/henry-cloud-1322_express-needs_when-we-fail-to-express-our-needs-we-rem_181233.png)

> [“How different the science-religion controversy would be if we acknowledged that a deeply felt sense of purpose is as necessary as hunger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-burton/how-different-the-science-religion-controversy-would-be-if-we/)

[Robert A. Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-burton/)

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