Suffering and responsibility are both universal.

Adam S. Miller, Speculative Grace, pg. 94

The law of moral agency, of choice and consequence, does not require that we entirely bear the burden of our own choices made in this life because those choices are always made under circumstances that are less than perfect.  Our accountability is thus always partial, incomplete.

Terryl & Fiona Givens, The God Who Weeps, pg. 92

"As an artist you are responsible to no one and to nothing, except to yourself and to the truth as you see it...An artist is responsible to his art. Anything else is propaganda."

-Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev (pg. 218)