Compassion Quote by Ken MacLeod

“The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.”

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“She read it over, decided it was too complicated for Memo , and ran it through an app called MyTxt4Dummies.”

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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

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When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

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