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We let them help because they needed it, not us. We didn't let them help us because we needed it, we let them help us because inside of humans is this thing, this unnamed need to feel as if we are usefel in the world. To feel as if we have something significant to contribute."---Cullen
We let them help because they needed it, not us. We didn't let them help us because we needed it, we let them help us because inside of humans is this thing, this unnamed need to feel as if we are usefel in the world. To feel as if we have something significant to contribute."---Cullen
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- John Corey Whaley
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for John Corey Whaley: documented birth year 1984; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6227129, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6227129 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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