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Life & Mortality Quote by Samantha Fox

"I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time"

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Survival stories often arrive dressed as humility, but Samantha Fox's line is doing something more strategic: it turns chaos into narrative, and narrative into meaning. The misspelled "beleive" and the breathless clause-stacking ("I'm here to tell the tale... first brush with death... God must have been looking after us") read like an unfiltered voice note, not a polished statement. That rawness matters. It signals authenticity in a media ecosystem that routinely suspects celebrity testimony of being rehearsed.

The intent is clear: reassure, process, and anchor a frightening event in a framework that feels stable. "First brush with death" is the classic pop-cultural phrasing for trauma without graphic detail; it offers drama while keeping the specifics safely offstage. It also locates the moment as a turning point in a personal arc, the kind that invites empathy rather than scrutiny.

The subtext lives in "us" and "it wasn't our time". Fox isn't just narrating her own luck; she's building a small community of the spared. That plural pronoun shifts the story from individual vulnerability (which can be embarrassing for a public figure whose brand was once built on control of image) to collective fate. Invoking God functions less as theology than as emotional triage: an external caretaker who makes randomness feel less cruel. "Obviously" performs confidence, a verbal talisman against the lingering terror that it could have ended differently.

Contextually, coming from a model-turned-tabloid fixture, the quote reads like a bid to be seen not as spectacle but as someone who endured something real. It's a reminder that celebrity isn't an armor against mortality, just a louder place to admit it.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fox, Samantha. (2026, January 16). I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-beleive-im-here-to-tell-the-tale-this-was-119364/

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Fox, Samantha. "I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-beleive-im-here-to-tell-the-tale-this-was-119364/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-cant-beleive-im-here-to-tell-the-tale-this-was-119364/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Samantha Fox (born April 15, 1966) is a Model from England.

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