Chasing Misery Quotes

“As expatriates, we can be tempted by the illusion that detachment automatically equals freedom, and that freedom automatically equals life satisfaction. Yet, there’s that persistent sinking feeling of isolation or loneliness at times.”
― Kelsey Hoppe, Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses

“We both know that I will not come. We both know that he won't be in Canada. There will be another earthquake, another flood, another war, another reason to not go where we think we are going. It is a strange life, this. Chasing human misery around the planet. We are not the sort of people who go where we say we are going.”
― Kelsey Hoppe, Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses

“It takes courage to do aid work but it takes bravery to put your thoughts and experiences out in front of the world.”
― Kelsey Hoppe, Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses