Quotes about Survival

From battle and murder, and from sudden death.

Give a man a fire and keep him warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he will be warm for rest of his life.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

Oh, God, I can't hope for anything. I can't. I won't survive if I do.

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

Survival is staying alive one breath at a time.

Black is a blind remembering, she thought. You listen for pack sounds, for the cries of those who hunted your ancestors in a past so ancient only your most primitive cells remember. The ears see. The nostrils see.

From the Hive Manual. The relationship between ecology and evolution is extremely close, deeply implicated in organic changes among a given animal population, and profoundly sensitive to the density of numbers within a given habitat. Our adaptations aim to increase the population tolerance, to permit a human density ten to twelve times greater than is currently considered possible. Out of this, we will get our survival variations.

The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less.

The Fremen must be brave to live at the edge of that desert. By all accounts. They compose poems to their knives.

Love leads to misery. Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Remember that woman's mistake, the pain.