Amanda Lindhout Quotes
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“I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where Id lost my freedom.”
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The book is called 'A House in the Sky' because during the very, very darkest times, that was how I survived. I had to find a safe place to go in my mind where there was no violence being done to my body and where I could reflect on the life I had lived and the life that I still wanted to live.
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With awareness come responsibility and choice.
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Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
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“What happened to me in Somalia doesn't define me.”
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“Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.”
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“Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.”
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“Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.”
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“A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.”
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“I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.”
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“I am so proud to be a Canadian.”
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“I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.”
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“Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.”
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“What a woman is taught, she shares with her family.”
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I used my captors' names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.
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“I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.”
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“Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.”
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“Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.”
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“I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.”
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“I never felt an obligation to say every single terrible thing that happened to me.”
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I would like to especially acknowledge my home community of Calgary, and the people of central Alberta who made my dream of freedom a reality.
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The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.
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It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.
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It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
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“My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.”
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Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that was meant to last only ten days.
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“We all waited on an afterlife. Only I planned to be alive for mine.”
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“In my version of paradise, the air was always cold and the rivers ran with candy.”
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