Bouncing-back Quote by Rachel Barenbaum

“No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder.”

— Captain Jack Sparrow

“We're the survivors. Not everyone is. But we are.”

— Jennifer Egan

“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one ­else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Always remember there is more to be lost from standing still than there ever was from risking it all.”

— Martha Randolph Carr

“When the survivors are gone we must not let the truth disappear with them. Please, give them a voice.”

— Ruta Sepetys

“Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.”

— Estelle Ryan

“Harder yet to get back up without tripping and falling all over again.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“It’s okay if you need to be saved. Sometimes even the strongest, most independent people need to be rescued.”

— Ella Dominguez

“I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again.”

— Melissa Marr

“They had traveled, escaped and recovered.”

— Nikki Sex

“I don’t often need rescuing, but it’s nice when it goes well and doesn’t involve great heights.”

— Melody Malone

“I was retreating, I knew, back into the numb place I’d lived after Mom died, and even more so after Dad had. I was…

— Jasinda Wilder