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It was impossible to expect a moral awakening from humankind itself, just like it was impossible to expect humans to lift off the earth by pulling up on their own hair. To achieve moral awakening required a force outside the human race.
“Just because someone has power over you doesn’t mean they’re going to use it to hurt you. People who believe that tend to either be: People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . . People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“My annoyance became frustration, which became anger, which became hate, and hate is a long-burning fuel.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“But one thing that I didn’t anticipate was that, in creating the April May brand, I was very much creating a new me. You can only do so much pretending before you become the thing you’re pretending to be.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“We are each individuals, but the far greater thing is what we are together, and if that isn't protected and cherished, we are headed to a bad place.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Things are changing now, too. Our adults haven’t been wiped out by a plague so they’re still anchored in the past, waiting for the good old days to come back. But things have changed a lot, and they’ll change more. Things are always changing. This is just one of the big jumps instead of the little step-by-step changes that are easier to take. People have changed the climate of the world. Now they’re waiting for the old days to come back.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
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