Survivor Quotes

326 Survivor quotes by 276 unique authors

It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek… — Markus Zusak
...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors... — Rachel Vincent
He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in… — Robert Cormier
Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors… — Douglas Coupland
Survivors lived with their mistakes. — Nora Roberts
Over time as most people fail the survivor's exacting test of trustworthiness, she tends to withdraw from relationships. The isolation of the survivor thus persists… — Judith Lewis Herman
It's weird, I was such a survivor and so wanted to be a part of life while I was trying to snuff out the life… — Anthony Kiedis
Survivors do not mourn together. They each mourn alone, even when in the same place. Grief is the most solitary of all feelings. Grief isolates,… — Steven Erikson
But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual… — Augusten Burroughs
As a professor in two fields, neurology and psychiatry, I am fully aware of the extent to which man is subject to biological, psychological and… — Viktor E. Frankl
You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light… — Chuck Palahniuk
I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally strong, determined, stronwilled,… — Hope Edelman
History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the… — Julian Barnes
In recent weeks it has come to my attention that many caravans have met with disaster; they have not gotten through." I grunted wisely. "Probably… — Jonathan Stroud
If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a… — Patrick Ness
You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors. — Michael Scott
Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness. — Mos Def
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have - otherwise… — Chinua Achebe
You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift. — Carrie Fisher
Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders… — Brandon Sanderson
It must've been Albert's military background, because man, when he dropped a bomb the entire country shook. I was still jittery as a hurricane survivor… — Jennifer Rardin
I won't waste your time with the injuries of my childhood, with my loneliness, or the fear and sadness of the years I spent inside… — Nicole Krauss
I couldn’t move. It’s something I’m still ashamed of. You always wonder how you’ll handle a moment of crisis; if you’ve got what it takes… — Karen Marie Moning
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid… — Piers Anthony
No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life… — Patrick Ness

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