Cecy Samuel

“When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK to talk about their pain.”
― Megan Devine, It's OK That You're Not OK

“Moral duty has weight, things that have weight have gravity.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Tears are handy for washing away troubling and sad feelings. But when you grow up, you'll learn that there are things so sad, they can never be washed away by tears. That there are painful memories that should never be washed away. So people who are truly strong laugh when they want to cry. They endure all of the pain and sorrow while laughing with everybody else.”
― Hideaki Sorachi

“the courage it took to get out of bed each
morning
to face the same things
over and over
was
enormous.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense