Marie Colvin

"I'm addicted to adrenaline. There's no drug like it."

"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction, and death."

"If you don't cover these stories, the people who suffer the most are forgotten."

"War is not just a guy thing."

"I think the hardest thing to do is to tell the truth."

"You have to have a sense of humor to survive what I do."

"My mission is to bear witness to the world's most dangerous places."

"I believe in the power of journalism to change the world."

"Fear is just part of the job."

"The best stories are the ones that matter most."

"I've spent my career looking for the truth in the darkest places."

"You have to keep moving forward, no matter what happens."

"Journalism is about telling people's stories that no one else will tell."

"I lost my eye, but I didn't lose my sight."

"The world needs witnesses. The world needs people willing to go and see what's happening."

"You can't be a war correspondent without understanding the cost of war."

"I've learned that the human spirit is remarkably resilient."

"What keeps me going is knowing that my work matters."

"Every story I tell is about real people suffering real consequences."

"You have to be willing to risk everything to get the truth."

"The people I cover are the real heroes, not me."

"I never think about the danger until I'm already there."

"The hardest part of war reporting is coming home and feeling normal."

"You learn more about humanity in a war zone than anywhere else."

"I believe that bearing witness is a form of resistance."

"The world is more connected than ever, but people still don't know what's happening."

"My job is to see the unseen and tell the untold."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it's going anyway."

"I've made peace with the fact that I might not come home."

"The stories that matter most are the ones nobody wants to hear."