Amanda Lindhout Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.”

“Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.”

“A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.”

“Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.”

“Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.”

“Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.”

“I am so proud to be a Canadian.”

“I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.”

“I used my captors' names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.”

“After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older and probably wiser, I can look back at my earlier life - my history, my mistakes, the joy I felt as a young woman traveling the world - with some objectivity and even some humor.”