Norman Maclean - Help Quotes

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Yet even in the loneliness of the canyon I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to help. We are probably those referred to as "our brother's keepers," possessed of one of the oldest and possible one of the most futile and certainly one of the most haunting instincts. It will not let us go.

Norman Maclean

A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.

Norman Maclean

"Help," he said "is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly."

Norman Maclean

So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed.

Norman Maclean