Quote by Shannon Thomas

“Encounters with death and danger are only adventures to the survivors.”

— Robert Anton Wilson

“Violent death is like a monster. The closer you get to it, the more damage you sustain if you survive at all.”

— Sue Grafton

“Only the survivors of a death are truly left alone. The connections that made up their life--both the deep connections and the apparently (until…

— Joan Didion

“I have been known to tell survivors, who are remaining in contact with intensely toxic people, that I cannot continue to work with them…

— Shannon Thomas

“Sometimes the events meant to destroy you are the conditions that bring you to life.”

— Joshua Viola

“Survival was an unpleasent thing to witness.”

— Marian Keyes

“Every fight for survival is really a fight to return to the inconsequential concerns of the mundane.”

— David Levithan

“And as with any harsh journey, not everything survived.”

— Karen Thompson Walker

“Only the survivors of a death are truly left alone.”

— Joan Didion

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.”

— Kierkegaard

“Danger is what makes life precious. Death is the constant danger of life.”

— Clarice Lispector

“Tragedy did that—brought people together in ways you could never force.”

— Nancy Naigle