Benjamin Perry > Quotes

“We are born believing that other people are basically good; that they will offer help to us if we need it; that we are responsible for tending their pain if we are able. It’s why young children, if their parent leaves the room, will turn to a random adult for comfort if they fall. It’s why they become upset when they see another child crying at the playground even if they do not know them. Slowly the world tries to strangle these beautiful instincts. We learn not all people can be trusted, and that others will use tears to lie and deceive. But I believe we still have a choice about whether we let the child within us wither. It becomes an awfully cold world when they are gone.”
― Benjamin Perry, Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter