Country Quote by Amanda Lindhout

The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.

— Amanda Lindhout

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

— Amanda Lindhout

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

— Amanda Lindhout

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

— Amanda Lindhout

“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

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

I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.

— Amanda Lindhout

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

“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

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

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

— Amanda Lindhout

It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.

— Amanda Lindhout