Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

Work

Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Richelle E. Goodrich

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Richelle E. Goodrich. more

You May Also Like

“Justice is good in its own right and makes life among other people more dependable. Yet Stern accepted long ago that even perfect justice will not change who we are. The law is erected on many fictions and perhaps the falsest one of all is that humans, in the end, are rational. Without doubt, our life--so far as we can tell--is one of cause and effect. That is what science depends on. But our most intimate decisions are rarely based on the kinds of calculations of pluses and minuses Jeremy Bentham, or the free-market economists for that matter, have wanted to believe in. We are fundamentally emotional creatures. In the most consequential matters, we answer faithfully to the heart's cry, not the law's.”

“It's like being numb most of the time,” she tried to explain, tried to calm herself down by putting words to feelings. “Everything feels gray, but when I do feel something, it's like I feel it more than most people and it hurts—it hurts me, personally, like the pain was made for me in mind. And suddenly—numb doesn't feel so bad.”