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“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.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Everyone talks about the importance of standing out but never the benefits of fitting in.”
― Maame
― Maame
“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.”
― Maame
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.”
― Maame
“A person’s troubles are not measured by the size of those troubles, but by how much they weigh on the individual carrying them.”
― Maame
― Maame
“My parents are not special people, they’re ordinary, and one of my problems is that I’m expecting perfection from ordinary people. They’re not saints or masters of knowledge just people, people who have children, which, last time I checked, required no proficiency test. People who continue to make mistakes, attempt to learn from them and repeat, until death.”
― Maame
― Maame
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