#viva

Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it. and you'll survive ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fate #valentine #survival

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#mankind

Survival feels like cowardice. ↗

— Ann Aguirre

#survival #cowardice

Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-of-pi #survival #life

I make sure to always have some spinach between my teeth so people are disinclined to bother me. Survival strategies for the 21st century. ↗

— Graham Parke

#strategy

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#self-esteem #survival #self-esteem

But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home. I'm Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#flourishing #survival #surviving #family

I’m thinking ahead, imagining what our lives together would be like once we’re free from this hell and allowed to live and let go. You know? Really let go of our pain and finally enjoy each other … you and me. ↗

— Leslie Lee Sanders

#dystopian-fiction #erotic-romance #gay #gay-romance #glbt-romance

I’m a survivor. And like the moon, I have a feeling it would take a truly spectacular event to keep me from taking my place in the scheme of things, waxing, waning, and eclipsing notwithstanding. ↗

— Janet Rebhan

#eclipse-of-the-moon #eclipse-quote #inspirational #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-life

We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#parents-and-responsiblity #survival #treachery #respect