You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what. Amanda Lindhout More Quotes by Amanda Lindhout More Quotes From Amanda Lindhout Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy. Amanda Lindhout weight real dark Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey. Amanda Lindhout brother mother home I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world. Amanda Lindhout healing world thinking I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible. Amanda Lindhout unusual people thinking 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. Amanda Lindhout saws names way Maintaining my dignity is so important for me. Amanda Lindhout maintaining dignity important A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks. Amanda Lindhout littles two long I am so proud to be a Canadian. Amanda Lindhout proud Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression. Amanda Lindhout somalia oppression faces Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I. Amanda Lindhout than better dangerous knows The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for a hostage's release. Freelancers most often had none. Amanda Lindhout insurance help company news When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, there's part of you as a human being that feels some degree, you can say, compassion for the fact that these boys have known war, famine, violence and death from the day they were born. Amanda Lindhout day war life death Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by. Amanda Lindhout family wife mother father It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. Amanda Lindhout slow problems understanding education Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told. Amanda Lindhout story somalia important world My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that mankind is inherently good by the tremendous efforts and support of fellow Canadians. Amanda Lindhout i-am good support faith For a while, the world for me was like a set of monkey bars. I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms... would give out, and I'd fall to the ground. Amanda Lindhout me sometimes world fall 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. Amanda Lindhout words free you freedom The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people. Amanda Lindhout countries greatest problems people I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place. Amanda Lindhout beautiful-place place beautiful world
