Quotes by Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help

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Is it OK to say, "these are the things that I value. This is what I'm going to pursue in life"? — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
Is it OK to say, "these are the things that I value. This is what I'm going to pursue in life"? — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sa — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sa — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
Giving up alcohol is an asceticism for the modern do-gooder, drinking being, like sex, a pleasure that humans have alway — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
Giving up alcohol is an asceticism for the modern do-gooder, drinking being, like sex, a pleasure that humans have alway — Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help