Quotes About Compassion

People are gonna disappoint you sometimes. We're flawed creatures. Not one of us is perfect, not even you, and you've gotta let people mess up and then you've gotta forgive them. That's just life.

And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.

Hans axlar skakade. Han grät. Det kändes som om hjärtat skulle brista i mig när jag hörde honom vädja så där, när jag såg honom så blottad och sårbar.

Okay, okay. You know I didn't mean it like that. I just mean that you should give people a chance to know you." Josh points the remote control at me and says, "If people knew you, they would love you." He sounds so matter-of-fact. Josh, you break my heart. And you're a liar. Because you know me, you know me better than almost anybody, and you don't love me.

I just—want to always know that you're okay. It's important to me.

I wished there was something I could say to take that look away, but sometimes there just weren't words.

Girls understand each other in a way boys never will.

My heart swelled. There are some things only a friend who's known you your whole life can say, and instantly, I felt a little better.

I want to be that person for him, I want to be the one who keeps him going during this difficult time. I want to be his lighthouse keeper ... but it's hard. Harder than I thought.

He's a really good Dad. And he tries hard. He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing.

I thought the hottest places in hell were reserved for women who don't help other women.

I don't want to be a girl who gets her heart broken, but I also don't really want to break boys' hearts.

I run water over a hand towel and I wet my face with it. My mom used to do this for me when I was sick. She'd put an ice-cold washcloth over my forehead and she'd switch it out with a fresh one when it wasn't cold anymore. I wish my mom was here.

He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing.

Jeremiah was crying now too. Good, I thought. Hurt like you've hurt me.

And there are different kinds of intelligence, you know. He has a high emotional IQ.

you thank you!" According to Daddy, he picked the puppy up from the animal shelter

Well I still don't think it's pathetic to cry over someone. It just means you care about them deeply and you're sad,

That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore.

Margot's so excited about it that even in my current state of self-pity. I can't begrudge her.

IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF, DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS. THIS CAN TAKE THE FORM OF GIFTS, LOVELY FOOD, PUBLICITY, OR ADVANCED WARNING.

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR NOSES.

Because just like you need to be where I am, I need to be where you are.

Almost everyone has or will experience getting dumped in their lifetime. Unless, of course, you're a nun. Jesus can't dump nuns.