Torture Survivors Quotes

#1. There's an innocence to her still that amazes me. Sometimes I forget she's older than me. Then, I remember that she hasn't gone through what I've gone through.

Zoe Cruz

#2. Please," he said, "you don't understand. My first time on my won. I don't know what I'm doing, and I can't have it on me, and I don't know what's right when you know you can choose and it's turned out fine today, how do you do?

Lesley Howarth

#3. Something deep inside of me speaks with the voice of the psycho: For who could ever love a beast?

Zoe Cruz

#4. When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

Mahmoud Darwish

#5. This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to speak up against the unspeakable. It is long overdue that a day be dedicated to remembering and supporting the many victims and survivors of torture around the world.

Kofi Annan

#6. WikiLeaks serves as a back-up for those who want to tell the truth about the inner workings of government when the mainstream media is not willing or taking too long to publish.

Daniel Ellsberg

#7. I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.

John Waters

#8. Some of the men and women who will not say in so many words the thing which is not, will deliberately give a false impression. They are not the servants of truth; they are the parasites of truth.

Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#9. Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.

Anita Loos

#10. By the time I land in Iowa, I feel like my mind is more open to the reality of being back home and focusing on the problems of the people in my district.

Bruce Braley

#11. The Chief walked back to headquarters, taking his time. His gloved hands held each other behind his back. The sound of Christmas carols in his ears. And as he walked, he hummed. He'd done what he went there to do.

Louise Penny