{"quotes":[{"text":"Look now,' Vesna's mother continued, 'what do you know, a civil war might break out any minute: Serbs would fight with Croats, Czechs would fight with Slovaks, Hungarians would fight with Jews. How can you be sure of anything?''But, Mother, if this happens, then it will such big trouble that nobody would think about a shortage of pantyhose,' protested Vesna.'You'd be surprised, my dear, to know that people have to live and survive during wars, too. Besides, how do you think we survived communism?","author":"Slavenka Drakulić","tags":["communism","drakulic","survival","survival-of-the-human-soul"],"id":9707,"author_id":"Slavenka+Drakuli%C4%87"},{"text":"Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["angels","angels-and-demons","bridges","compassion-heals-lives","death","depression","desperation","determination","faith","grace","healing","hell","hope","inspirational","light","post-traumatic-stress","soul","survival","survival-of-the-human-soul","wings","world-suicide-prevention-day"],"id":156054,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"I’m a survivor. And like the moon, I have a feeling it would take a truly spectacular event to keep me from taking my place in the scheme of things, waxing, waning, and eclipsing notwithstanding.","author":"Janet Rebhan","tags":["eclipse","eclipse-of-the-moon","eclipse","inspirational","inspirational-attitude","inspirational-life","inspirational","moon","survival","survival-instinct","survival-of-the-fittest","survival-of-the-human-soul"],"id":199673,"author_id":"Janet+Rebhan"},{"text":"We always find something, eh Didi, to let us think we exist?","author":"Samuel Beckett","tags":["insightful","self-awareness","survival-of-the-human-soul"],"id":393157,"author_id":"Samuel+Beckett"},{"text":"What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["bombs","faith","heaven","hope","human-rights-day","humanity","massacre","spirituality","strength-and-courage","survival","survival-of-the-human-soul","terrorism","the-human-heart","transcendence","violence","violence-in-syria","war"],"id":441763,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"Give Compassion: Every day the average person fights epic battles never told just to survive.","author":"Ken Poirot","tags":["average","average-joe","average-people","average-person","battle","battles","compassion","compassion-and-nonviolence","compassion-love","compassion","compassion-wisdom","compassionate","compassionate-grateful","compassionate-love","epic","epic-battles","fighting-for-love","fights","survival","survival-of-the-human-soul","survivalism","survivalist","survive"],"id":478129,"author_id":"Ken+Poirot"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}