Maddie

“But of course people are not just their economic productivity. We do not exist primarily to be plugged into cost-benefit analyses. We are here to love and be loved, to understand and be understood. TB intervention is an exceptionally good global health investment, but that is not why I care about TB.
I care about TB because of Henry.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“It reminded me, that when we know about suffering, when we are proximal to it, we are capable of extraordinary generosity. We can do and be so much for each other. But only when we see one another in our full humanity. Not as statistics or problems, but as people who deserve to be alive in the world.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“Don't aim to fix people. Fixing seems so permanent, so absolute. Like there's no room for error. Aim to make things better.”
― Phil Stamper, The Gravity of Us

“Humans are just really complicated plants”
― Daniel Howell, You Will Get Through This Night: The New York Times Bestselling Guide to Mental Health, Hope, and Learning to Thrive