Alissa York Professions : Writer Born : 1970 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alissa York John K. Samson is fluent in the inexpressible. Find him on the page or find him in the ether-just find him Alissa York fluent samson pages There's a switch inside every one of us that I guess grew there as a necessary part of survival. How can you drag a fish up out of the river for your supper if you feel the yank of the hook in your own cheek? I get that part. We can't feel for everyone and everything all the time. We'd die of fear or sorrow a hundred times a day. The thing is, it's gotten so we flick the switch off like it's nothing. And, more often than not, we forget to turn it back on. Alissa York survival sorrow rivers Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors