After The Inquiry Quotes

“Blame is like mould, like weeds, you can foster or inhibit it. Give it nooks and crannies to hunker down, and bits of detritus to feed on, and it grows. The more guidelines and criteria you publish, the more pressure points and feelings of entitlement you set up. Then the culture of blame flourishes, bogging us all down. But if policies come from above--" I pointed a finger heavenwards. "--based on our careful understanding of the system as a whole, then the day-to-day administration can be clean and smooth. There are fewer places for blame to put its roots.”
― Jolene Tan, After The Inquiry

“While the thoroughbreds often take their success for granted as an organic outgrowth of the natural order, a late bloomer might be more conscious of what exactly they owe to their patron, and thus show some old-fashioned gratitude.”
― Jolene Tan, After The Inquiry