#viv

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#survival #survival

I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#yuki #survival

The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under! ↗

— Anne Frank

#strong #survival #weak #survival

I turn to see Ansel leaning against the door frame. His eyes swept over the room. "Whoa, Hurricane Naomi strikes, leaving no survivers. ↗

— Andrea Cremer

#survival

Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luckiest. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#survival-of-the-fittest #survival

Here is the secret to surviving one of these [airplane] crashes: Be male. In a 1970 Civil Aeromedical institute study of three crashes involving emergency evacuations, the most prominent factor influencing survival was gender (followed closely by proximity to exit). Adult males were by far the most likely to get out alive. Why? Presumably because they pushed everyone else out of the way. ↗

— Mary Roach

#survival #gender

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

It's hard to wipe your eyes when you have whirring buzzsaws for hands. ↗

— Daniel H. Wilson

#robot #survive #uprising #rebellion

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