--- title: "1 Velveteen Rabbit Quotes By Jerusalem Jackson Greer" description: "1 Velveteen Rabbit quotes by Jerusalem Jackson Greer. Plus more from Jerusalem Jackson Greer and more Velveteen Rabbit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jerusalem-jackson-greer-45144_faith_i-want-to-be-softened-not-stiff-pliable_2708267.jpg" --- > [“I want to be softened, not stiff. Pliable, not rigid. I don't want anyone to look at my life and think it is perfect or, worse, that I want them to think it is perfect. Instead, I want anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerusalem-jackson-greer/i-want-to-be-softened-not-stiff-pliable-not-rigid-i-don-t-want-anyone/) [Jerusalem Jackson Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerusalem-jackson-greer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jerusalem-jackson-greer-45144_faith_i-want-to-be-softened-not-stiff-pliable_2708267.jpg) ## More by Jerusalem Jackson Greer > [“It is now, at Advent, that I am given the chance to suspend all expectation...and instead to revel in the mystery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerusalem-jackson-greer/it-is-now-at-advent-that-i-am-given-the-chance-to-suspend-all/) [Jerusalem Jackson Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerusalem-jackson-greer/) > [“Hanging laundry on a line is a very ordinary task. 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Of accepting what I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerusalem-jackson-greer/on-holy-saturday-i-do-my-best-to-live-in-that-place-that-wax-crayon/) [Jerusalem Jackson Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerusalem-jackson-greer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/velveteen-rabbit/jerusalem-jackson-greer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Velveteen Rabbit Quotes By Jerusalem Jackson Greer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I want to be softened, not stiff. Pliable, not rigid. I don't want anyone to look at my life and think it is perfect or, worse, that I want them to think it is perfect. Instead, I want anything that is unapproachable or harsh in me to be scrubbed away by the salt and the sand, revealing the imperfections, the brokenness, the cracks. 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