“ I looked at him nonplussed. I realized that I have spent so many years being on a diet that the idea that you might actually need calories to survive has been completely wiped out of my consciousness.… Helen Fielding
“ Sometimes one must become something one fears or loathes in order for the greater self to survive. Alex Lamb
“ See, my aim is not to survive but to be thrown to the wolfs with adrenaline still pumping in my veins and hear the gods laughing saying ”that was one hell of a youth” and everything I do I do in order… Charlotte Eriksson
“ Life is random. Life is complicated. Life is often unforgiving. And we must each live it anyway. And I don’t mean live it as if it’s a chore, something to be endured, survived. I mean, dig in, get mud… Thomas Lloyd Qualls
“ Those places where sadness and misery abound are favoured settings for stories of ghosts and apparitions. Calcutta has countless such stories hidden in its darkness, stories that nobody wants to admit… Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“ The Adversary, of course, simply wants them to lay down their sins, guilt and all, and follow Him. But this type holds on to their sinfulness and their guilt for it, because otherwise, they’d have no… Geoffrey Wood
“ After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty. John Connolly
“ You see, God didn't create us to merely survive. He created us to thrive! We were made for abundant life. Dana Arcuri
“ It may be that we’re not seeing the wonder in life because all we’re doing is wondering how we’re going to survive life. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Nostalgia is so certain: the sense of familiarity it instills makes us feel like we know ourselves, like we've lived. To get a sense that we have already journeyed through something - survived it, exp… Carrie Brownstein
“ Bandit or demon, human or beast, none of it made any difference. The bandits had made this a situation of predators and prey. Only living mattered. Everything else was nothing more than an afterthough… Drew Hayes
“ I might not be physically strong.But I do believe that to survive, I need to be strong-willed.Which is more important in life? Michelle Horst
“ Being a part of the world in a healthy, mindful, present sense means learning to have complete faith that things will work out. Living in this world means that instead of cowering away, or giving up w… Leigh Hershkovich
“ She had inherited a story that was strewn with corpses and clotted with enmity, and was only trying to stay alive in it. Laini Taylor
