Quotes About Empathy

If I had a row with my husband, it's not going to work my saying, 'Right, if you don't do what I want, I'm going to walk out.' It doesn't work on any level. What you do is you go in and you say, 'I have a problem. You have a problem. Let's try and sort this out together.' You don't come to an agreement with people who you're falling out with badly.

Especially in these times of austerity and the world feels like it's falling apart, it's good for people to have a laugh.

Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with.

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

The false separation between living and giving must end.

I felt bad for everybody I hurt with my false testimonies.

I don't write for fame or money, I simply want to share my experiences.

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.

How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

Somebody, just because they are black, too, or just because they are trans, too, or just because they're gay and recognize I'm trans, does that mean you have the familiarity to use certain language? And I don't mean with just me but with the community.

If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.

I wanted to help women and their families.

I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.

I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.

I really care about people around me, and I can't live without my family and friends.

I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if I was in your position, this is how I would see it.'

I don't have that many family and friends.

I think that a lot of teams aren't as close-knit as we are because a lot of the Spanish speakers don't know English and some of the English guys don't care to try and learn Spanish and relate to Latin players.

Some of the people on the teams I've been on need to be uplifted and kind of loved on. And some people don't need that at all - they need to be pushed; more hyped up.

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

When I started playing, there were no teams and no structure, so I had to play with the boys. I get very emotional when I think about the humiliation that I've suffered playing football.

The small-market teams should know I've always been with them.

The dew of compassion is a tear.