Quotes by : Amanda Lindhout

The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination - what do you dream of wanting....

Something happens when you are alone most of the time, when there are no distractions. Your mind grows....

By concentrating on what I was grateful for, I was able to stave off despair.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents....

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

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

I, too, was carrying around my own fate. All the things I couldn't know sat somewhere inside, embroidered....

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger....

After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like....

It was a lesson the world had already taught me and was teaching me still. You don't know what's possible....