"Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in."

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Source : "Survivor Amanda Lindhout Pens 'A House in the Sky'". Interview with Maureen Halushak, www.flare.com. October 20, 2013.

Amanda Lindhout

“Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.”
“I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess.”
“I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. April 5, 2006.
“I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.”
“there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.”
“Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants.Â An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and sing about, then letâ€™s see something to prove it.”
“Christianity teaches that this life is not the only life, and there is a final judgment in which all earthly accounts are settled.”
“It takes a lot to motivate me to exercise but Physique 57 is the ideal workout, it's efficient, fun and targeted to get the results you didn't think were possible!”

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