"They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting."
- Velma Wallis
"Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the umwelt of his prey--even to the point of disguising himself ..."
- John Vaillant
"When did my youth slip away from me? I suddenly thought. It was over, wasn't it? Seemed just like yesterday I was still only half grown up. Huey Lewis and the News had a couple of hit songs then. Not ..."
- Haruki Murakami
"There were two choices in life. Survive or succumb. And most people weren’t even conscious of the path they chose. Because they chose for all the wrong reasons. Love, principles, dreams, desire. The w..."
- Claire Merle
"Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world."
"Survival is an ancient dream Life is nothing but an everlasting illusionNothing is RealDon’t believe in illusion,Remember me,I am here …"
- Rixa White
"I think you're crazy good at this survival stuff, Cary."His shoulders sag. He gives me a small, relieved smile and we start walking again, his step a little lighter than it was before. It feels strang..."
- Courtney Summers
"Surviving is a basic thing. Getting by. Staying alive in whatever way we can. It doesn't mean we make right choices or drive fine cars or have good jobs. It means we found a way not to die. I survived..."
- Carolyn Wall
"It's important to have fun. Survival is more than making sure we have enough food and water."
- Scott Cramer
"I took to the Kingswood the midsummer after the Dame died. I did not swear a vow, but I kept to myself just as strictly, living like a beast in the forest from one midsummer to the next, without fire ..."
- Sarah Micklem