"He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime."

- George Saunders

"The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual."

- George Saunders

"Do all the other things, the ambitious things—travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness."

- George Saunders

"Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth."

- George Saunders

"He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves."

- George Saunders