“I prefer to die fighting than living defeated”— Luigina Sgarro Related Quotes “As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.”— Banana Yoshimoto “its more a trance, jonah said. the whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slowly pushing me down ans down. and there’s nothing between me and this weight but my flimsy skin. Its not enough. It won’t protect me. It doesn’t keep anything out. The outside will keep pressing until my ribs are crushed.”— Natalie Standiford “What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?”History is the lies of the victors,’ I replied, a little too quickly.’Yes, I was rather afraid you’d say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. …’Finn?””History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.” (quoting Patrick Lagrange)”— Julian Barnes