Surviving Quotes

263 quotes by 250 authors

I had the great idea of using markers to gently color the ants so I could tell them apart, but I learned that this is… — Jim Benton
Hope, how she had grown to hate the word. It was an insideious seed planted inside a person's soul, surviving covertly on little tending, then… — Kate Morton
War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving. — Catherynne M. Valente
Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed. — Michelle Sagara
The cottages are full of life. It's incredible to think they are filled with people who know nothing of computerised technology, nor even running water,… — Marianne Curley
Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right. — Richard Dawkins
You are not living, you are surviving. — Michael Scott
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch â€“ this is the Capitolâ€™s way of reminding us how… — Suzanne Collins
Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look… — Chris Cleave
More than most, I know the pain of surviving. — Ann Aguirre
I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move… — Veronica Roth
I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very,… — Maurice Sendak
Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving? — Tom Stoppard
A lot of life is just surviving what happens. — Deb Caletti
People die', she says. 'People tear down houses. But furniture, fine, beautiful furniture, it just goes on and on, surviving everything.' She says, 'Armoires are… — Chuck Palahniuk
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents are unable to… — Hope Edelman
42. Most people will spend their lives doing jobs that they don't particularly enjoy, and will eventually save up enough money to stop doing those… — John Connolly
It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest… — H P Lovecraft
Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday. — James Patterson
The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in… — Carl Sagan

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