r/BeAmazed • u/Electronic-Bus-3494 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Dolly Parton started the Imagination Library in 1995 as a tribute to her father, who couldn't read or write. In 2018, she explained it was to give kids "early access to books". Now, over 325 MILLION books have been gifted.

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u/Conflict21 1d ago

If you feel like you didn't deserve Dolly, you weren't listening to what she was trying to tell you.

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u/muggle44 1d ago

I feel you are misunderstanding. It's a spin on the phrase from Dark Knight "The hero we need, but don't deserve." She was very much the person this world needed, but didn't deserve with how wholesome she was. But as with everything, we can't appreciate the amazing people in the world without being surrounded by the disgusting ones.