Quotes about the theme of survival.

Survival:

Still our whole consideration if we were to survive must be to keep our true selves hidden; to walk, talk, and live indistinguishably from other people. We had a gift, a sense which, Michael complained bitterly, should have been a blessing, but was little better than a curse. The stupidest norm was happier; he could feel that he belonged. We did not, and because we did not, we had no positive — we were condemned to negatives, to not revealing ourselves, to not speaking when we would, to not using what we knew, to not being found out — to a life of perpetual deception, concealment, and lying.

Knowing makes all the difference. Knowing that we're not just pointless freaks—a few bewildered deviations hoping to save their own skins. It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for.'