Therese Brink

“In many schools of Mahayana Buddhism, the goal is to develop an unconditional compassion that extends to all beings, regardless of whether they’ve helped or harmed you in the past. To aid in your cultivation of such all-encompassing “great” compassion, some teachers in the Vajrayana tradition recommend two related approaches: Recognizing that everyone is a member of one family Realizing the basic equality of yourself and others”
― Jonathan Landaw, Buddhism For Dummies

“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I'm just saying.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Reducing parables to a single meaning destroys their aesthetic as well as ethical potential.”
― Amy-Jill Levine, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi

“Gender and class are different. Poor men still have the privileges of being men, even if they do not have the privileges of being wealthy.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists