Christine

“I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters, though that too was very moving. I was weeping because ....fill in the blank with whatever/whoever helped you survive... had left me so unceremoniously.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
― Leon C. Megginson

“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.”
― Patricia Briggs, The Hob's Bargain

“He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.”
― Jack London, The Call of the Wild