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“Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway version of the Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts box that says, “Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.”

Giving May Simple Comfort Hot Boxes Pops Versions Warning Traffic Filling Lawsuit Pastries Tarts Placebo

Book:Traffic

Source: Traffic

“Poverty is a strange and elusive thing. ... I condemn poverty and I advocate it; poverty is simple and complex at once; it is a social phenomenon and a personal matter. Poverty is an elusive thing, and a paradoxical one. We need always to be thinking and writing about it, for if we are not among its victims its reality fades from us. We must talk about poverty because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Writing Matter Reality Social Loses Simple Poverty Strange Comfort Sight Victim Complexes Phenomenon Fades Elusive Paradoxical Personal Matter Simple And Complex

Author:Dorothy Day

“I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.”

Lasts Simple Atheism Comfort Atheist Last Day Simple Faith

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls.”

Humans Soul Human Beings Simple Proud Comfort Meaningless Association

Author:Kurt Vonnegut