“Babies are such blank slates. They don’t come into this world with the assumptions their parents have made, or the promises their church will give, or the ability to sort people into groups they like and don’t like. They don’t come into this world with anything, really, except a need for comfort. And they will take it from anyone, without judging the giver. I wonder how long it takes before the polish given by nature gets worn off by nurture.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“Moments into minutes. Minutes into hours. Hours into days. Days into years. Years into possibility. This will linger.”
― The Realm of Possibility
― The Realm of Possibility
“My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors
And trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following”
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And trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following”
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“Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection. My brief forays into the formal ethics of analytic philosophy felt dry as a bone, missing the messiness and weight of real human life.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
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