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title: "11 Survive Want Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Survive Want quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Survive Want sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I don't want to survive, Will, I want to live!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-allison-moulton/i-don-t-want-to-survive-will-i-want-to-live/)

[Courtney Allison Moulton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-allison-moulton/)

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> [We don't want to survive. We want to be healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/we-don-t-want-to-survive-we-want-to-be-healed/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/joyce-meyer-123_healed_we-don-t-want-to-survive-we-want-to-be-h_619555.jpg)

> [“I don't want to survive, I want to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-northup/i-don-t-want-to-survive-i-want-to-live/)

[Solomon Northup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-northup/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/solomon-northup-12765_dying_i-don-t-want-to-survive-i-want-to-live-2_263440.jpg)

> [“I think to myself: I don't want to survive this one I want to burn up in the wreckage”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-think-to-myself-i-don-t-want-to-survive-this-one-i-want-to-burn-up/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/henry-rollins-170_dark_i-think-to-myself-i-don-t-want-to-surviv_71873.png)

> [“You can play it safe, and I wouldn't blame you for it. You can continue as you've been doing, and you'll survive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-darhower/you-can-play-it-safe-and-i-wouldn-t-blame-you-for-it-you-can-continue/)

[J.M. Darhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-darhower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/j-m-darhower-1058_continue_you-can-play-it-safe-and-i-wouldn-t-blam_568742.jpg)

> [I just know that right now, we want to be proud. For once. We want to take the struggle and rise above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-just-know-that-right-now-we-want-to-be-proud-for-once-we-want-to/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/markus-zusak-165_be-proud_i-just-know-that-right-now-we-want-to-be_1602734.png)

> [“and anyway it’s just the same old story -- a few people just trying, one way or another, to survive. Mostly, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/and-anyway-it-s-just-the-same-old-story-a-few-people-just-trying-one/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/mary-oliver-570_kindness_and-anyway-it-s-just-the-same-old-story_2722140.jpg)

> [“You don’t want to hear the story of my life, and anyway I don’t want to tell it, I want to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/you-don-t-want-to-hear-the-story-of-my-life-and-anyway-i-don-t-want/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/mary-oliver-570_life_you-don-t-want-to-hear-the-story-of-my-l_953401.jpg)

> [I really dislike people that get everything from their parents and their parents try to buy their love. Driving around in cars/trucks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-lee-riner/i-really-dislike-people-that-get-everything-from-their-parents-and/)

[Justin Lee Riner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-lee-riner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/justin-lee-riner-3018_every-night_i-really-dislike-people-that-get-everyth_608595.jpg)

> [Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/even-in-this-place-one-can-survive-and-therefore-one-must-want-to/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/primo-levi-2751_bears_even-in-this-place-one-can-survive-and-t_1585409.jpg)

> [“I’ve never had a reason to survive—no reason to question the way things were. I lived because I was told to…now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-giovanni/i-ve-never-had-a-reason-to-survive-no-reason-to-question-the-way/)

[Cassandra Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-giovanni/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/cassandra-giovanni-15886_better-life_i-ve-never-had-a-reason-to-survive-no-re_1760185.jpg)

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