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Quote by Tissa Balasuriya
“from being the disturber of the comfortable to the comforter of the disturbed”
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The line describes a change in role: instead of unsettling people who are comfortable, someone becomes a source of comfort for those who are troubled. Its parallel wording highlights a movement from challenging the settled to supporting the distressed.
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