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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

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Try

" The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war. "

" 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. "

" Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart. "

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" In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness. "

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Leave

Behind

" Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions. "

" You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.' "

" Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt. "

" It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting. "

" The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting. "

" I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena. "

" I never say no to an ice cream. "

" I have shed many tears of pain and indignation. "

" We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too. "

" During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released. "

Ingrid Betancourt

Political

Everyone

" 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. "

" The relationship with time changes when you're captive. "

" I owe everything to France. "

" 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. "

" In the free world, your days pass very quickly because you have so many things to do, and you're in control of your life. "

" It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through. "

" I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president. "

" In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation. "

" As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving. "