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AUTHOR PROFILE
Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth Smart is described in biographical records as an American activist and kidnap survivor (born 1987) (born 1987). The selections gathered here touch on abuse, hope, agency. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.
“As of this writing, I am twenty-five years old. I have been alive for 307 months. Nine of those months were pretty terrible. But 298 of those months have been very good. I have been happy. I have been very blessed. Who knows how many more months I have to live? But even if I died tomorrow, nine out of 307 seems like pretty good odds.”— Elizabeth Smart
Biography at a glance
- Profile: American activist and kidnap survivor (born 1987)
- Life: born 1987
- Public roles: Mormon missionary
- Quotes in this collection: 7
Life and work
Elizabeth Smart held public roles including Mormon missionary. Biographical records connect Elizabeth Smart with Brigham Young University and East High School. This collection includes 7 quotations credited to Elizabeth Smart. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.
Reading the quotations
The selections gathered here touch on abuse, hope, agency. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.