“But depth runs in both directions: one who feels anguish deeply can live life deeply, too, and strive to help others do the same. The length of life is decreed by nature, its depth by grace.”
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“It is no coincidence that the term “voice” has come to mean in modern usage much more than just the sound made by the vocal organs, but also the means by which we make our individual selves known, not only to others but to ourselves. For the connection between the self and language is inseparable: it is through language that the self becomes.”
― Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me
― Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me
“One would hope that if the world woke up to such a reality, it would swiftly acknowledge and respond to the disaster—but tragically, the world has neither woken up to the reality nor responded in a way that offers meaningful hope for the poor. It has mostly said and done nothing. And as we shall see, the failure to respond to such a basic need—to prioritize criminal justice systems that can protect poor people from common violence—has had a devastating impact on two great struggles that made heroic progress in the last century but have stalled out for the poorest in the twenty-first century: namely, the struggle to end severe poverty and the fight to secure the most basic human rights.”
― The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
― The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
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