Topic
Increase is growth in amount, intensity, or consequence, and these quotes ask what kind of increase is actually desirable. The topic of increase appears through statistics, paradox, and love that grows through giving until hurt is transformed. Some lines mock numerical authority by naming lies, damned lies, and statistics, a warning that increase on paper can mislead. Others suggest that love, when extended beyond comfort, can increase into something that no longer feels like injury. The collection treats increase as ambiguous. More money, data, influence, or intensity is not automatically better. Growth must be judged by what it produces in character and relationship. Some increase burdens; some liberates. Read this topic when more seems like the obvious goal, and let these quotes help you ask whether increase is deepening life or merely enlarging the measure. Let increase be judged by depth and goodness, not only by larger numbers.