#survival

Knowing that this is what it means to live. That this love, this need is what drives us to push and fight and build and grow. That as long as there's hope and love in this world, there will always be the living. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#survival #love

War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#survival #war #men

That kind of imagination is why we're not dead. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#fantasy #imagination #life #survival #death

Don't you have a religion?" Dorolow asked Horza. "Yes," he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. "My survival." "So... your religion dies with you. How sad," Dorolow said, looking back from Horza to the screen. The Changer let the remark pass. ↗

— Iain Banks

#changer #death #dorolow #mess-room #religion

Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system. ↗

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

#also #baby #baby boomers #boomers #country

I've demonstrated an impressive resilience in the face of valuable life lessons, and the main thing I seem to have learned from this one is that I am capable of learning nothing from almost any experience, no matter how profound. ↗

— Tim Kreider

#survival #experience

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#am #damn #democracy #freedom #give

I survived, but it's not a happy ending. ↗

— Tim O'Brien

#life #survival #life

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#day #eight #four #growth #hugs