Amanda Lindhout Quotes

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.
I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where I'd lost my freedom.
I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the darkest days. Despite our separation, he always managed to find small ways to remind me that there are gentlemen in the world, even when I was surrounded by just the opposite.
I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak articulately about the politics of the Middle East and its religion.
I never felt an obligation to say every single terrible thing that happened to me.
I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.
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.
I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place.
I would like to especially acknowledge my home community of Calgary, and the people of central Alberta who made my dream of freedom a reality.
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.
I'm afraid of the dark, but I choose to sleep in the dark. I can fall right to sleep with the lights on. But I want to be someone who can sleep in the dark, so that's the choice that I make.
I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.
It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.
Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by.
My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.
My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.
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