Survived Quotes

486 Survived quotes by 402 unique authors

Mad Eye' Moody on the Avada Kedavra curse: "Not nice," he said calmly. "Not pleasant. And there's no counter curse. There's no blocking it. Only… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Captain Ahab drowned, he reminded himself; it was the trimmer, Ishmael, who survived. — Salman Rushdie
Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make… — Jane Yolen
I survived, but it's not a happy ending. — Tim O'Brien
But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even… — Louis Sachar
Yet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived. — Arthur Golden
At our age the imagination across the sorry facts lifts us to make roses stand before thorns. Sure love is cruel and selfish and totally… — William Carlos Williams
Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation. — Christopher Hitchens
I watched my beautiful sister running . . . and I knew she was not running away from me or toward me. Like someone who… — Alice Sebold
There are many great authors of the past who have survived centuries of oblivion and neglect, but it is still an open question whether they… — Hannah Arendt
The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that… — Suzanne Collins
Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity. — C.D. Payne
Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded, like mushrooms. It… — Pat Barker
When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is… — Frank McCourt
I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will… — Yann Martel
There were definitely parts of my character I didn’t approve of, and maybe from time to time I had moments when I didn’t like myself… — Charlaine Harris
The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you… — Flannery O'Connor
You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. — John Green
But his pantheon would have survived. (Kat) Would it? Fate is never that simple. It doesn’t go in a straight line, and the more you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But then, his revenge had been more direct. He’d hunted down the ones who’d killed his sister and nephew – those who’d survived his mother’s… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually.… — J R Ward
No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be because of what… — J R Ward
A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Each wedding picture was less of a memento than a scar. Proof of some horror movie scenario Katherine Kenton has survived. — Chuck Palahniuk
Don’t yell at me when I just survived a near-death experience. (Abbie) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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402 authors contributed a total of 486 Survived Quotes, led by these top contributors: