Kayleigh O’Donnell

“A while back, my brain started playing a game similar to the why game. This one is called What's Even The Point.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“When people we love are suffering, we want to make it better. But sometimes—often, in fact—you can’t make it better. I’m reminded of something my supervisor said to me when I was a student chaplain: “Don’t just do something. Stand there.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“We are so powerful that we have escaped our planet's atmosphere. But we are not powerful enough to save those we love from suffering.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet