Kate Atkinson Quotes

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.

We salvage the bones of our lives every day, through small tragedies and big tragedies.

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.

Nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end too...they always do. Even if you can't always believe that , please don't give up. Live.

When the moment comes to stop running from your past, to turn around and face the thing you thought you could not face--the moment when your life teeters between giving up and getting up--when that moment comes, and it always comes, if you can't get up and you can't give up either, here's what you do: Crawl.

Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.

Life's pain. You just have to get over as much of it as you can. -Isabel Culpeper

I AM VERY MOVED BY SURVIVORS. BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME A HANDICAP, A SITUATION, OR ANYTHING. VISITING THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF THOSE PEOPLE TEACHES ME A LOT ABOUT HUMANS AND HUMANITY.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.