“But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time than a survival room buried in a house itself becoming one big coffin.” MadeBigsHouseRoomsBecomingSurvivalExpectedBuriedPerilCoffinsBecoming One Book:The Virgin Suicides: A Novel Source: The Virgin Suicides: A Novel
“"Don't you have a religion?" Dorolow asked Horza. "Yes," he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. "My survival."” SaidEndsEyeDiesRoomsWallSurvivalTablesScreensMessHis EyesLooking BackRemarks Author:Iain Banks
“Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.” ThinkingLittlesRoomsSurvivalUsualRabbitsClose To Death Book:Watership Down Source: Watership Down
“This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were all as sure as we are today of having founded the first eternal civilization. We today differ from them in having our western civilization spread to embrace the entire planet, leaving no room on any continent for any other culture to take over if we fail.” IfsWorldFirstsTodayCultureRoomsFailingThis WorldPlanetsPeriodsCivilizationEternalSurvivalEmbraceWesternLeavingSpreadGreat MenContinentsSurvivedWestern CivilizationOther Cultures Author:Thor Heyerdahl
“A man is skillful at woodraft just in proportion as he approaches this balance. Knowing the wilderness can be comfortable when a less experienced man would endure hardship. Conversely, if a man endures hardships where a woodsman could be comfortable, it argues not his toughness, but his ignorance or foolishness, which is exactly the case with our blatant friend of the drawing-room reputation.” IfsMenRoomsCasesKnowingIgnoranceBalanceComfortableApproachSurvivalEndureArguingDrawingReputationProportionWildernessHardshipFoolishnessToughnessSkillful Author:Stewart Edward White
“It's like I'm in a closet in a college dorm room.” RoomsCollegeSurvivalClosetsDormsDorm Rooms Author:Cody Lundin
“Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky every three months, if my numbers are right, I get to live. If not, I'm killed. Our relationship isn't about love-it's about arithmetic. Survival means hitting your numbers. I've met or exceeded mine in 56 straight quarters. The reason is: I treat Rupert's money like it is mine.” IfsThinkingMeanDoeMatterReasonThreeInterestingRoomsNumbersMagicSkyMinesMonthsMetsSurvivalTreatsLike MeQuartersOur RelationshipHittingThree MonthsArithmetic Author:Roger Ailes
“Rupert Grayson manifested a talent for survival: it was said of him that even if - unlikely contingency - he had tried to drown himself in the Thames he would have been washed up alive in the Grill Room of the Savoy.” IfsHas BeensSaidRoomsAliveTalentSurvivalUnlikelyContingencyThames Author:Hugh Massingberd