Surviving the After Quotes

“Today was awful. It was a day to survive, to grit your teeth, curl yourself up, and get through, not one to really live. But a little voice inside me whispered that at least I was beginning to learn the difference.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After

“They say you aren't what happens to you. I don't completely buy that. I am what happened to me. I know I am. But now I've finally come to realize that it's not the only thing I am.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After

“I heard once that we always have a choice. Always. I don't believe that anymore. We don't get to choose the bad things that find us. We don't get the choice of whether or not the darkness affects us, whether or not we break. When your feet get swept out from under you, you don't get to choose if you fall. You can only let your eyes adjust, gather your pieces, and drag yourself up.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After