Quotes About Empathy

A veces no me gustas, Lenù, lo subestimas todo, subestimas a todos, incluso a la gente que con solo verla se hace querer.

I know—it stayed in her head without becoming sound—I know what a comfortable life full of good intentions means, you can't even imagine what real misery is.

Não me agrada que estejas mal, eu também estou mal, a mãe também está mal, e é um bocado ridículo, não te parece, que todo esse mal signifique que tu nos queres bem.

There is a poverty that makes us all cruel.

El amor no solo no tiene ojos, sino que también le faltan los oídos

En las conversaciones con mis hijas oigo palabras o frases no pronunciadas. Ellas a veces se enojan, me dicen mamá, yo no lo he dicho, lo estás diciendo tú, te lo has inventado. Pero no invento nada, me basta con escuchar, lo no dicho es más elocuente que lo dicho.

In conversations with my daughters I hear omitted words or phrases. Sometimes they get mad, they say Mama, I never said that, you're saying it, you invented it. But I invent nothing; you just have to listen—the unspoken says more than the spoken.

I thought: not even Lila, in spite of everything, has managed to escape from my mother's world.

Yes, it's Lila who makes writing difficult. My life forces me to imagine what hers would have been if what happened to me had happened to her, what use she would have made of my luck.

understand, and understanding was something that we loved to do.

Ma in quell'occasione imparai un'arte in cui poi sono diventata molto brava. Trattenni la disperazione, la trattenni sul bordo degli occhi lucidi, tanto che Lila mi disse in dialetto: «Non te ne importa?». Non risposi. Provavo un dolore violentissimo, ma sentivo che più forte ancora sarebbe stato il dolore di litigare con lei. Ero

Maybe," she said, and I saw that I had hurt her as she had hurt me.

Quindi andò via frastornata, con l'impressione di essersi esposta troppo a persone sì di animo buono, ma che, anche se capivano tutto in astratto, in concreto non potevano capirla.

Für gewöhnlich neigte ich dazu, nicht dem Bedeutung beizumessen, was mir guttat, sondern dem, was ihm gefallen könnte.

How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they're at least fifty. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function.

Don't get angry, she said, try to reflect: what does a woman of your understanding feel at the idea that her happiness becomes the ruin of someone else?

they say Mama, I never said that, you're saying it, you invented it. But I invent nothing; you just have to listen—the unspoken says more than the spoken.

I don't want my mother to die worrying about her sons." "Comfort her." "How." She smiled. "With lies. Lies are better than tranquilizers.

For her whole life she would sacrifice to him every quality of her own, and he wouldn't even be aware of the sacrifice, he would be surrounded by the wealth of feeling, intelligence, imagination that were hers, without knowing what to do with them, he would ruin them.

no siento ninguna comprensión por la que yo era entonces.

Ma - s'era detto - quello che è bene e quello che è male le persone ci mettono tempo a capirlo, e aiutarle significa proprio fare per loro ciò che in un determinato momento della loro vita non sono capaci di fare.

lo que él no soporta es tu indiferencia, no puede aceptar que cuanto menos lo ves, mejor estás...

Por eso, por favor, si te ofendo, si te digo cosas feas, tú tápate los oídos, no quiero hacerlo y pese a todo lo hago. Por favor, por favor, ahora no me dejes, que, si no, me vengo abajo.

For your whole life you love people and you never really know who they are.