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I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.
— Ingrid Betancourt Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
Tags: gifts, death

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When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh.
— Ingrid Betancourt
Tags: lose, you, freedom, alone
I don't want to be submerged by depression.
— Ingrid Betancourt
Tags: want, depression
These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
— Ingrid Betancourt
Tags: father, children, my-life, life
I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.
— Ingrid Betancourt
Tags: serve, want, country, political
Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
— Ingrid Betancourt
Tags: only, will, problems, peace
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