“That's what survival means, for me. I thought it was a matter of staying alive, but it isn't. Nobody lives forever anyway. It's how you're remembered. It's what your children thought of you, what they think of you after you're dead. That's survival.”

“You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

“… after you're dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what's going to be your best memory of Earth? … What moment for you defines what it's like to be alive on this planet?”

Douglas Coupland (1961) Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer

“Keep your freedom, keep your immortality, but somewhere along the line I hope you figure out what you're living forever for. What noble purpose you mean to achieve. Because you're no good to anyone here, not even yourselves.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

“Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“Warlord, you once told me I'd always know what you're thinking. What are your thoughts now?"

"Partly, I'm thinking that I might shame myself in my trews, just from the feel of you next to me.”

Kresley Cole American writer

“They take your heart and steal your life
And it's as though you feel you've died
‘Cause you've been killed inside
But yet you're still alive
Which means you will survive”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor

“But they love each other. Isn't that what love means? That you're supposed to be there for the other person to turn to, no matter what?”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“Enjoy a cup of wine while you're alive!
Do not care if your fame will not survive!”

Li Bai (701–762) Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty poetry period

“I live my life you live yours. If you're clear about what u want then you can live anyway you please. I don't give a damn what people say. They can be reptile food for all I care.”

Haruki Murakami book Dance Dance Dance