“This is how we light the stars, again and again: by showing up with our ordinary, difficult bodies, when other ordinary, difficult bodies might need us. Which is the point - the again-and-again of it. You never get to live the wisdom just once, rise to the occasion of otherness just once. You have to keep living this willingness to look at other lives with grace, even when your own feels like shit, and you would do anything to crawl inside a different one.” KindnessGraceEmpathyHuman 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
“Does graciousness mean you want to help - or that you don't, and do it anyway? The definition of grace is that it's not deserved. It does not require a good night's sleep to give it, or a flawless record to receive it. It demands no particular backstory.” KindnessGrace Book:Make It Scream, Make It Burn Source: Make It Scream, Make It Burn
