Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
For a while, the world for me was like a set of monkey bars. I swung from one place to the next,… — 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… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and… — 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
![“I'd spent my life believing that people were, at heart, kind and good. This was what the world had shown me. [...] If humans could be this monstrous, maybe I'd had everything wrong. If thid was the world, I didn't want to live in it. That was the scariest and most disabling thought of all,” quote by Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9e3/amanda-lindhout-8267_life_i-d-spent-my-life-believing-that-people_140063.jpg)
