#survival

We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love #survival #ya #young-adult #life

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. ↗

— William Glasser

#belonging #driven #five #fun #genetic

Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#survival #beauty

The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#identities #key #liberty #modern #modern world

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american #back #bill #bill clinton #clinton

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#assured #become #effort #future #gamble

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#intelligence #proven #survival #value #yet

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#budget #children #choices #cuts #draconian

Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#am #basing #conclusions #convinced #demonstrated

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. ↗

— Mo Udall

#fight #more #nature #only #options