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Quotes About Sympathy

Don't make light of any man's pain.
~ Patricia Briggs
Suddenly Chelsea's eyes met Anna's from across the table and held them. Icy gray became even more pale, and Chelsea's nostrils flared. "Who hurt you?" she asked, slicing through the two other conversations going on at the table.
~ Patricia Briggs
Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.
~ Patricia Briggs
So I feel sorry for her. She really cares about that klutz in the tin can.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Ow, Todd? Ow?
~ Patrick Ness
Pity is an insult. Kindness is a miracle.
~ Patrick Ness
The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. "All in favor of admitting first-term Kvothe's reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It states that the more similar two objects are, the greater the sympathetic link. The greater the link, the more easily they influence each other.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
You can only feel so much pity for an idiot".
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don't exist. It's a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed." He
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Whenever he met him or saw him sitting somewhere - he felt only the sentiment that is generally termed tolerance: a very lukewarm emotional stew of disgust, contempt, and sympathy.
~ Patrick Süskind
Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
~ Patti Smith
Smile for me, Patti, as I am smiling for you.
~ Patti Smith
Those who have suffered understand suffering and thereby extend their hand.
~ Patti Smith
Something was wrong, and while Mr. Bones could scarcely imagine what that thing was, Henry's sadness was beginning to have an effect on him, and within a matter of minutes he had taken on the boy's sadness as his own. Such is the was with dogs.
~ Paul Auster
It's just that we shared a certain language, and when she talked to me about her past, I understood her without having to ask for explanations.
~ Paul Auster
Less empathy, more kindness.
~ Paul Bloom
Seeing the world through the eyes of others is essential to many acts of kindness. For me to respond to your worries and alleviate your fears, I need to understand your thoughts, even if I don't share them. (I might soothe a child who is terrified of a small dog, even if I'm not frightened in the slightest.)
~ Paul Bloom
Compassion is feeling for and not feeling with the other.
~ Paul Bloom
Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.
~ Paul Harris
have rights, too." Lassiter nodded at this pearl of tight-assed wisdom. "And you will not be swayed by sympathy for the injured person?" "Absolutely not." Lassiter smiled. Bingo! Marvin the Maven leaned toward Saul the Tailor and whispered, "Fatso saves his sympathy
~ Paul Levine
You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
~ Paul McCartney
You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
~ Paul McCartney
She simply could not imagine lives ending so soon. Oh, you poor young men, she thought wildly.
~ Unknown