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> [I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not that I believe I do not have a responsibility for them. It is just that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/i-will-help-but-only-so-much-only-so-far-it-is-not-that-i-believe/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

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## More by Sharman Apt Russell

> [“In famine, a focus on women and children highlights biology: here is a mother who cannot feed her child, a breakdown in the natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/in-famine-a-focus-on-women-and-children-highlights-biology-here-is-a/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [“I feel the need to fall in love with the world, to forge that relationship ever more strongly. But maybe I don’t have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/i-feel-the-need-to-fall-in-love-with-the-world-to-forge-that/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/i-will-help-but-only-so-much-only-so-far-it-is-not-that-i-believe/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [In the second century A.D. the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius may have best defined pantheism when he wrote, “Everything is interwoven, and the web…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/in-the-second-century-a-d-the-roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius-may-have/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [I believe in something that I do not yet understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/i-believe-in-something-that-i-do-not-yet-understand/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [The more we learn about flowers, the less silent they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/the-more-we-learn-about-flowers-the-less-silent-they-are/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

> [Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharman-apt-russell/flowers-are-not-symbols-of-power-flowers-are-too-brief-too-frail-to/)

[Sharman Apt Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharman-apt-russell/)

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