Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up.… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
“Something happens when you are alone most of the time, when there are no distractions. Your mind grows more powerful--muscular, even. It… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I have a general sense of excitement about the future, and I don't know what that looks like yet. But it will… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Going into Somalia, I didn't anticipate how many people's lives would be affected by it. In hindsight, I certainly wish I had… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
“I'd spent my life believing that people were, at heart, kind and good. This was what the world had shown me. [...] If humans… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or,… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
“After almost seven months in Baghdad, I set my sights on Somalia. The reasons to do it seemed straightforward. Somalia was a mess. There… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
