“Sometimes a person needs help because she needs it, not because her story is compelling or noble or strange enough to earn it, and sometimes you just do what you can. It doesn't make you any better, or any worse. It doesn't change you at all, except for the split second when you imagine that day when you will be the one who has to ask.” PeopleHuman NatureHelp Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn
“You thought the story kept changing, but the most important part never did. She was always just a woman in pain, sitting right in front of you. Sometimes it hurts just to stand. Sometimes a person needs help because she needs it, not because her story is compelling or noble or strange enough to earn it, and sometimes you just do what you can.” PainKindnessEmpathyHumanHelp Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn
“Joe was right when he said that the whale is just a whale. And so was Leonora when she said the whale is everything. What if we grant the whale his whaleness, grant him furlough from our metaphoric employ, but still allow the contours of his second self - the one we've made - and admit what he's done for us?” StoriesComfortMetaphorHelpSharingWhale Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn
