“She considered compassion the highest virtue, but that night on Obstetric Ward B, it had had a twin sister whose face was invisible to Carla. The suffering women, however, had recognized it immediately: condemnation.” — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“Like so many champions of justice, she possessed empathy in the abstract, but sometimes fell short when confronted with the flesh-and-blood reality.” — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“In this way Fate outplayed the efforts of mortals-simply to amuse itself, one might think.” — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“While there are those who say that while God and the Devil seem to be created in the image of men, Fate in all… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“He remembered the Professor’s advice to his eager employees during his first year: “With us, feelings are described through images, and in the world… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“She considered compassion the highest virtue, but that night on Obstetric Ward B, it had had a twin sister whose face was invisible to… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“Being a single mother without a husband was considered shameful in all” — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“genuine compassion makes people feel good, but it doesn’t tolerate total despair or hopelessness, let alone complicity.” — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“Why is it that the wounds we are afflicted with early in life don’t disappear? Whether they are caused by abuse or humiliation or… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“I think she would have preferred being spared from understanding all the physical signals one hopes the world will notice and reward with caresses.… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“The damage that most people suffer, through the process we refer to as childhood, is from a lack of self-esteem. It’s by far the… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
“Like space, the soul is not an expression of eternal constancy but of constant change, and this motion has but one purpose: to continue… — Erik Valeur Copy Share Image
