I don’t think I’m unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments … Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
I’m afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that’s not an easy decision to make. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place. Amanda Lindhout Read Quote
