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“People who are hurting don't need Avoiders, Protectors, or Fixers. What we need are patient, loving witness. People to sit quietly and hold space for us. People to stand in helpful vigil to our pain.”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior
“An unreasonable amount of paperwork is required these days just to be a human being.”
― Britt-Marie Was Here
― Britt-Marie Was Here
“There is an Arabic proverb that says:
She makes you feel
like a loaf of freshly baked bread.
It is said about
the nicest
kindest
people.
The type of people
who help you
rise.”
― Other Words for Home
She makes you feel
like a loaf of freshly baked bread.
It is said about
the nicest
kindest
people.
The type of people
who help you
rise.”
― Other Words for Home
“There is a long break.
I have learned Americans love to say you know and then
stop
talking.
They force you to fill in the hard parts,
the things they are not brave enough to say.”
― Other Words for Home
I have learned Americans love to say you know and then
stop
talking.
They force you to fill in the hard parts,
the things they are not brave enough to say.”
― Other Words for Home
“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question is what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. If one feels that there is nothing “we” can do—but who is that “we”?—and nothing “they” can do either—and who are “they”?—then one starts to get bored, cynical, apathetic.”
― Regarding the Pain of Others
― Regarding the Pain of Others
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