“It’s important to have a buddy like that. Somebody who’ll stop you from doing that really stupid thing you were gonna do just because you couldn’t think of anything better. – unidentified soldier, eulogizing his dead buddy” ? Henry V. O’Neil, Orphan Brigade: The Sim War: Book Two
“Your shield must surpass your weaponry.” ? Toba Beta
“Because courage, survival, love—all these things didn’t live in one man. They lived in them all or they died and every man with them; they had come to believe that to abandon one man was to abandon themselves.” ? Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.” Mark 8:29 (KJV)
“So Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.” Leviticus 8:36 (KJV)
“Regular running or run for your life running?” asked Amy “What do you think,” the Doctor replied.” ? Dan Abnett, Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By
“Growing up in a cathedral precinct, what did I know of the absurdities of communism, of how brave man and women in bleak and remote penal colonies were reduced to thinking day by day of nothing else beyond their own survival?” ? Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth
“An old dog lives longer when it learns new tricks.” ? Constance Chuks Friday
“Taking a risk to survive isn’t that impressive. Taking a risk to be happy, that takes guts.” ? Sarah Noffke, Revived
“Think pleasantly; Think of how beautiful you are. Think of the families you are blessed with. Think of the dreams you have to achieve.” ? Lailah Gifty Akita, Beautiful Quotes
“He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.” Mark 7: 6-8 (KJV)
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: if the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.” Leviticus 4:1-3 (KJV)
“Never chew off the hand you write with, you might survive and have to sign autographs.” ? Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE
“The secret of survival is a defective imagination.” ? John Banville, The Infinities
“We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” ? Albert Einstein