I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.
From Ingrid Betancourt
The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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.
I am not irresponsible.
In the jungle, every day is like the other. So you need to have a special discipline to make things different and to keep in your memory the dates and the days. And I think that's something that's very important when you are held hostage.
I think that the worst thing is realizing that mankind - that - that human beings can be so horrible to other human beings.
You are a free woman, and then you become a prisoner, and you receive all kinds of orders. Sit here, stand there. That's it. You just, you don't have the possibility of even moving to take your bag without asking for permission.
I lived for nearly seven years with the awareness that death was my everyday companion.
Living in a jungle is not something easy; it's not something that you just adapt yourself to. And I think that in my case, I didn't want to adapt.
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