Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older and probably wiser, I can look back at my earlier life – my history, my mistakes, the joy I felt as a young woman traveling the world – with some objectivity and even some humor. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
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. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I’d gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that was meant to last only ten days. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother’s roast turkey. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
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. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
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. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Friendships that don’t fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
