“Everyone had a story of grief. Everyone else's was worse than yours.”
“I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were”
“Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.”
“My embarrassment was complete. If I just had passed out, that would have been bad enough. But to make matters worse, Will had carried me outside, where everyone else was; everyone in my youth group had seen Will carrying me. I felt like melting into the bench on which I sat.”
“To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“We usually live our lives with the belief that "I sacrifice myself for everyone else," rather than thinking that "everyone else helps me.”