Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust.

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

Survival was more than the preservation of life. It was tenacity in the face of ruin, an unbroken resolve in the midst of defeat, a glimmer of hope in the maelstrom, and peace despite the wreckage.

Some trees are too deeply rooted to move … And if they are uprooted, they will die…