“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb (p. 117)”
“The burden of knowledge is lighter than the joy of ignorance.”
“Far from being incompatible, politics and Christianity are, in reality, inseparable. What don't mix are Christianity and social apathy. (p. 117)”
“Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down." p 320”
“his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it”
“No word of commiseration can make a burden feel one feather's weight lighter to the slave who must carry it.”