Without Exception Quotes

“Mercy is defined as compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is in one's power to punish or harm. Imagine what it would be like to live in a country where the candidate we voted for was the one we thought most likely to show people who are suffering compassion and forgiveness. Imagine a government who held mercy as its highest goal. Imagine living within a system who supported people in loving whom they loved, in dressing how they liked, in being who they were. Imagine what that kind of mercy would look like. Now imagine how your life would change if you showered that much mercy on yourself.”
― Pam Houston, Without Exception: Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom