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Abby Sunderland
"It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail." --
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc
Abby Sunderland
#Kids Quotes
#People Quotes
#Decision Quotes
“I'd like to help you, but you don't drink.”
“You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.”
“I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.”
“Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.”
“My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and we would have to move around a lot. Trying to adapt to new schools and new places can be really tough.”
“She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt words written by a girl she only vaguely remembered. She wished she'd written more. Her words mad her feel sad and proud, powerful and relieved." p 272”
Source : Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.319, Simon and Schuster
“A lot of cop shows, because they have the restraints of having a new case every episode, the victims often become these kind of nameless, faceless plot points, and as an audience we don't feel anything for those people.”
Source : "Angelface Mireille Enos Hunts Devils on The Killing". Interview with Jennifer Arrow, www.today.com. April 23, 2011.
“Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?”