The Cost of Being Human Quotes

“Alienation is easily mistaken for being unapproachable. That is often when someone needs empathy the most.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Not fitting in was not a failure, it was a signal.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“A butterfly doesn't compare herself to moths. She simply becomes the butterfly she already is.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Mentorship is not about teaching someone how to succeed inside a system. It is about helping them understand what the system is.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Systems rarely call someone disruptive because they are ineffective. They use that word when someone begins naming patterns that were never meant to be spoken aloud.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Silence is rarely framed as cowardice. It is framed as professionalism.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Power doesn't arrive as corruption. It arrives as insulation.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World

“Most people do not become unethical. They adapt.”
― Paul Gerardi, The Cost of Being Human: Ethics, Power and Conscience in a Performative World