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.
I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal wire in my mind, opening… - Amanda Lindhout
I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal wire in my mind, opening…
- Amanda Lindhout
Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be. - Amanda Lindhout
Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.
Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression. - Amanda Lindhout
Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.
The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long. - Amanda Lindhout
The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.
I, too, was carrying around my own fate. All the things I couldn't know sat somewhere inside, embroidered into me-maybe not quite fixed to the point … - Amanda Lindhout
I, too, was carrying around my own fate. All the things I couldn't know sat somewhere inside, embroidered into me-maybe not quite fixed to the point …
Forgiving is not an easy thing to do. - Amanda Lindhout
Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.
I know firsthand how critical support systems are. - Amanda Lindhout
I know firsthand how critical support systems are.
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. - Amanda Lindhout
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.
Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total fulfillment,… - Amanda Lindhout
Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total fulfillment,…
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