Kate

“It had been on my mind ever since allowing myself to call President Trump a "draft-dodging chickenhawk" during one of the DNC forums. While true, that statement was not in keeping with how I publicly speak about political figures, or anyone else, and afterward I reflected that this president was inspiring a loss of decency not just in his supporters, but also in those of us who opposed him. It was another way of looking at the moral stakes of politics as it filters through to millions of lives: that we might all be growing into harder and perhaps worse people, as a consequence of political leadership that failed to call us to our highest values.”
― Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

“I think there are people that help you become the person you end up being, and you can be grateful for them, even if they were never meant to be in your life forever.”
― Diane from Bojack Horseman

“In the end, I realized that the things in life that I valued most—family, friends, integrity—weren't contingent on business outcomes and couldn't be taken away from me no matter what. Framed that way, all the challenges and risks of running a business were imminently more manageable. In that formulation, the riskiest proposition of all is to lose sight of who I was. To betray myself was the only way to truly fail. And for that reason, I left—with nothing but with everything.”
― Jeff Booth, The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future

“For those who remember if not mourn an epoch of lost greatness, it may be impossible to accept that there is no return. But for those of us who were raised only among its shards, and who grew up questioning if it was ever as great as advertised, embracing the permanence of change is the only thing that can liberate us to move forward.”
― Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future