“Desperation does not breed empathy or clear thinking.”— Joseph Fink Related Quotes “I used to fall into the trap of thinking that taking care of my husband and kids was more important than taking care of myself. Now I have a new attitude: You know when you’re on an airplane and the manual tells you to put on your oxygen mask first and then help the person next to you? I feel the same way about my health.”— Heidi Roizen “I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to mirror Luna back at herself, but that exhausted me after a week and I concluded that I was not meant for this sort of thing, friends, friendliness, no, I wasn’t meant for it.”— Catherine Lacey “When they’re together, the world could fall apart around them and they’d never notice or care as long as they have each other.”— Simone Elkeles