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“ One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares us from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding. ”

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This is one reason people need to believe in God—because we want someone to know us, truly, all the way through, even the worst of us.

~ Tim Kreider

Often you don’t know whether you’re the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives.

~ Tim Kreider

I wish I could recommend the experience of not being killed to everyone.

~ Tim Kreider

Biblical, Talmudic, or Koranic literalists remind me of children wrinkling their noses at Belon oysters and asking for more Chef Boy-E-Dee. They want the world to be as simple as they are.

~ Tim Kreider