Balm Quote by Roxane Gay

“Push words. Pull light. Carry balm.”

— Drew Myron

“though I pleaded the usefulness of the work, mine convinced me that nothing was useful which was not honest.”

— Various

“Everything had its purpose. If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again.”

— Laurel Snyder

“nothing was useful which was not honest.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“...but a mind of usefulness and ingenuity seemed to furnish him with constant employment within.”

— Jane Austen

“Dont try to be useful. Try to be yourself; that is enough, and that makes all the difference.”

— Paulo Coelho

“But really . . . I’m about as useful as the G in lasagna.”

— Sherillyn Kenyon

“for when the thrill of his body fades or changes, and the difficulties of pledging yourself to only one person surface, kindness will be…

— Anonymous

“To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible…

— Richard Russo

“By being virtually useless in the calculations of the culture at large I become useful, at last, to myself.”

— Philip Connors

“I had a great deal of respect for his straightforward nature, and for his willingness to pick people up by the throat. It seemed…

— Seanan McGuire

“Be always employed to something useful.”

— Sunday Adelaja