Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

In my strategy, the training for killing enemies is by way of many contests, fighting for survival, discovering the meaning of life and death, learning the Way of the sword, judging the strength of attacks and understanding the Way of the "edge and ridge" of the sword.

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

Why do you steal, you rascal? Why don't you look for some honest work?"
"Because, sir, I am hungry. Any work that will permit me to feed myself is honest enough for me.

I was one of those people on the streets you walk away from.

When I envision the future, I think of the world I crave for my daughters and my sons. It is thinking for survival of the species — thinking for life.

Creating a severe humanitarian crisis is a necessary means to achieve the goal. Gaza will become a place where no human being can exist.

All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.