“All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.”— Yann Martel, amazon.com
“You have to go forward: It's the only way. You have to go forward no matter what happens. This is the universal law.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“If you are reading this, you have survived your entire life up until this point. You have survived traumas, heartbreak, devastation, the elements, different phases of life. And here you are. You go, motherfucker. You’re awesome.”— askclint, excusemewhileistrip.tumblr.com
“Horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old enough to know what death is and realize that sooner or later we'll lose everyone we love. We're never the same. But somehow we're all right. We go on.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Don’t misunderstand me: the mess here is not romantic. It’s not even logical. Survival rarely is.”— Trista Mateer, therisingphoenixreview.com
“Did ever occur to you that we don't wanna get in touch with our feelings? That actually feeling our feelings might make it impossible to survive in here?”— Poussey Washington, tvfanatic.com
“First things first. I hate to spoil the ending but you’re going to make it.”— Fortesa Latifi, madgirlf.tumblr.com
“The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“Think about the last time you were scared, what happened? Chances are, you made it.”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.com
“You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”— Brian Tracy, books.google.com
“Sometimes you have to be a high riding bitch to survive. Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hang on to.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“The grief. It came crashing in like a tidal wave. The very thought of it still sends a shiver down my spine: makes me wince a little. The weight of it. Those vacant, anguished expressions, and the way we nestled into each other, softly, and the endless cups of too-strong tea that were made by distra…”— Kathy Brown, thoughtcatalog.com
“If I survived, it must be for some reason. I must do something with my life. It is too serious to play games with anymore, because in my place, someone else could have been saved. And so I speak for that person. On the other hand, I know I cannot.”— Elie Wiesel, nydailynews.com
“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, lif…”— Harlan Ellison, amazon.com