Or Elsewhere

“To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.”
― Peter Wessel Zapffe

“Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.”
― Rumi

“You don't have a monopoly on suffering, okay?" I say, my voice rising. "Other people get to be mad about their lives. Your broken leg doesn't make my sprained ankle hurt any less.”
― Katie Henry, Heretics Anonymous

“The Cheery and the Damned
Why are drugs, prostitution, gambling and suicide illegal, when they clearly give so much relief to suffering people? I think it is because, at a societal level, we are deluded into thinking that happiness is possible, maybe even easy or likely, without these things. I have called this "cheery social policy.”
― Sarah Perry, Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide