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title: "6 Survive Past Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“Cate had told me once, a long time ago, that the only was to survive your past was to find a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/cate-had-told-me-once-a-long-time-ago-that-the-only-was-to-survive/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/alexandra-bracken-863_abandoned_cate-had-told-me-once-a-long-time-ago-th_208562.png)

> [“Cate had told me once, a long time ago, that the only way to survive your past was to find a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/cate-had-told-me-once-a-long-time-ago-that-the-only-way-to-survive/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

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> [“We breathe as we speak, as our knowledge will grow, as we survive the past we start fresh for a new beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whiteny-edelenbos/we-breathe-as-we-speak-as-our-knowledge-will-grow-as-we-survive-the/)

[whiteny edelenbos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whiteny-edelenbos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/whiteny-edelenbos-55937_knowledge_we-breathe-as-we-speak-as-our-knowledge_1340867.jpg)

> [A man or a race either if he's any good can survive his past without even needing to escape from it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-man-or-a-race-either-if-he-s-any-good-can-survive-his-past-without/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/william-faulkner-306_capacity_a-man-or-a-race-either-if-he-s-any-good_1533694.png)

> [I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-jacobs/i-ve-thought-a-lot-about-how-if-something-horrible-happened-and-if-it/)

[Gillian Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-jacobs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/gillian-jacobs-1832_about_i-ve-thought-a-lot-about-how-if-somethin_1596752.jpg)

> [The future belongs to those who survive their past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-survive-their-past/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/nishan-panwar-14_future_the-future-belongs-to-those-who-survive_2615719.jpg)

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