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Jessica George
“A person’s troubles are not measured by the size of those troubles, but by how much they weigh on the individual carrying them.”
Jessica George, Maame

Jessica George
“You're Christian Shu. Do you always believe in God?

Yeah, of course. Got To.

Why?

Because, she says. I can't carry on living believing human beings are as good as it gets. She looks at me.

We're the worst.”
Jessica George, Maame

Jessica George
“Many assume love is straightforward, when
really it is the most complicated of things. There is a right way, a preferred way, for each individual, to love and be loved by someone—but there isn’t only one way. I believe the difficulty of life has much to do with understanding and then navigating how the people you love both express and receive love themselves. It cannot be your responsibility, your burden,
to reshape people into someone you’d like them to be. Ultimately, you must
either accept a person for who they are, how they behave, how they express themselves emotionally, and find a healthy way to live with them, or let them go entirely.”
Jessica George, Maame

John  Green
“When people we love are suffering, we want to make it better. But sometimes - often, in fact - you can't make it better. I'm reminded of something my supervisor said to me when I was a student chaplain: "Don't just do something. Stand there.”
John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

Jessica George
“We grow up fast. Not by force, but because we are needed.'
'I think sometimes we're needed for the wrong reasons.”
Jessica George, Maame

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