The Winter Over Quotes

“Historically, the people who weather crises the best are those who adjust their expectations to fit the reality of the situation.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Salutogenesis.” When his statement was returned with blank stares, the psychologist smiled and repeated, “Salutogenesis. The theory that some of us have it in our DNA to bring out a dormant . . . superman, for lack of a better term, when we are pushed to our physical or emotional limits. The theory was forwarded after studies of certain Holocaust survivors showed that a surprising number of them had not only made it through the worst mental and spiritual trial imaginable, they’d achieved a level of emotional and psychological growth that, frankly, shouldn’t have occurred.” Deb frowned. “We’re part of a study on ‘the tough get tougher’?” “No. It’s not a platitude. It’s the belief that salutogenesis is a core human trait that actually manifests and grows only under extreme physical and emotional duress. It’s not just survival in the midst of a crisis, it’s the ability to transform under it, to bloom and become something better than you were before the crisis took place.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Destination”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“A crowd of people driven by anger or fear to ignore authoritarian hierarchies was not just immune to being shouted at, it was inflamed by”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“It is more comforting to think your superior is stupid than evil,”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“I thought the Soviet era was over,” Cass said with a small smile. “The wall came down decades ago, didn’t it?” “Same play, different cast,”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Groups were relatively easy to manipulate. Assess the synergies, conduct a few probing questions to test the water, and it was likely you could prod a mob into doing just about anything you wanted it to do. But put your figurative thumb on a single individual and it was like pressing down on a watermelon seed. They could go shooting off anywhere.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“At some point, potential had to be realized, or you simply ended where you began: a blank, empty, meaningless frame of white, waiting for effort to give it meaning.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Being old-fashioned had been part of it, of course, but the real reason was that digital files could be stolen and replicated a million times without anyone knowing. If only a finite number of physical copies—in this case, one—existed, then their theft would be obvious. Sometimes the simplest measures were the best.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Never forget. Antarctica wants to kill you.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Pashol na khui.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“At some point, potential had to be realized, or you simply ended where you began: a blank, empty, meaningless frame of white, waiting for effort to give it meaning. She”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“Hello from the South Pole! Colder than a witch’s tit and dropping just as fast. Wish you were here. The”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“As the chaos around them had gone from the manageable to the unimaginable, Carla had fled to”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“T3. The Antarctic stare. Long-eye.”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“salutogenesis is”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over

“It is more comforting to think your superior is stupid than evil,” Vox said. “It is a popular Russian attitude.” “It”
― Matthew Iden, The Winter Over