"Commonality doesn't inoculate against hurt."

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Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.13, Granta Books

Leslie Jamison

#Hurt Quotes #Commonality Quotes

“The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.”
“When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to othersâ€”not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.”
“I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead.”
“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”
“The winds were warm about us, the whole earth seemed the wealthier for our love.”

Source : Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, Alfred Bendixen (1989). “The Amber Gods, and Other Stories”, p.76, Rutgers University Press
“People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.”
“The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.”
“I always keep a woman's body in mind, accentuating her best features.”

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