I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or, more accurately, my quivering bank balance, accessed through foreign ATMs—would give out, and I’d fall to the ground.
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.
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,…
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.
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