Lauren Millard

“A higher minimum wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A stress reliever. Vocal segments of the American public, those with brain space to spare, seem to believe the poor should change their behavior to escape poverty. Get a better job. Stop having children. Make smarter financial decisions. In truth, it’s the other way around: Economic security leads to better choices.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“This habituation, the practice of working at our virtues, is really the whole shebang here.”
― Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

“I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. -Tolstoy”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. —MAYA ANGELOU”
― Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question