Quotes About Empathy

The most beautiful heart of all is the one that can still love even while it bleeds, and especially after it's been shattered into thousands of pieces.

How frail you are. I don't want to hurt you by accident. (Nykyrian) I'm not as frail as I appear. I know from lots of experience that I bounce really well. (Kiara) I would kill anyone who hurt you. (Nykyrian)

He set the backpack down on the floor. It's easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them, their present and their pasts, but you'd be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides. What a person shows to the world is only one tiny facet of the iceberg hidden from sight. And more often than not, it's lined with cracks and scars that go all the way to the foundation of their soul. - Ash

Speaking of, her family is due in any minute to claim her body. What am I supposed to tell them when we can't give the body over? Again, I don't think 'oops' will quite cover it. (Tate)

Judge no one until you know their circumstances. No matter how awful they seemed, sometimes there was a valid reason for their behaviour. Granted, some people were just mean and corrupt, but not always. Many people were just in pain, and by acting out, they were only trying to protect themselves from being hurt more.

Oh, my God, are you okay? (Syd) You ever nick yourself while shaving? (Steele) Yeah. (Syd) You know the burn you get that hurts like hell? (Steele) Yeah. (Syd) This is nothing like that. It's a lot worse. (Steele)

I love Wren and he knows it." "Yeah, but he seems like he wouldn't welcome it." "Sometimes he doesn't. But it's like Cherise says, the hardest ones to love are always the ones who need it most." (Aimee to Fang)

How do you know that? (Stryker) I know everything. I feel every heartbeat in the universe. Hear every scream for mercy and feel every tear of pain. (Jared)

I ain't apologize to no whore. (Irn) You don't ever treat a woman like that. You apologize to her or so help me I'll gouge out your eyes and shove them down your throat. (Devyn)

You have no idea how much it bothers me to know that I was the man she meant to kill tonight and now I have to protect her." – Ren "Yeah, well, she tried to kill me, too, and I got over it." – Sundown

Hey. (She took his chin in her hand so that she could move his head back and forth while she examined him.) You're hurting in there. That would make akri very sad. He doesn't like for his Dark-Hunters to hurt and the Simi don't like it when akri is sad. Why are you hurt? (Simi)

I'm so sorry! Are you okay? (Shahara) Other than the fact that I feel like my rib just punctured a lung, sure, I'm all right. (Syn)

Rocking her gently in his arms, Wulf wondered which of them had it worse. The mother who wouldn't live to see the baby grow, or the father who was damned to watch the baby and all those after him die.' (Wulf)

Excuse me? Did I miss something? What has ever been romantic about vomit? "A man standing by your side when you're sick. Holding your hair back from your face… that's romantic." "In what alternate universe do you live? Here in a place I like to call reality, that's disgusting. Who in their right mind would find that romantic?

Listen with your eyes.

When they know what makes you cry, they know what hurts you most. Don't give your enemies that.

What a way to pay a man back for helping you. Gah, I suck as a human being.' (Shahara)

Most of all, I like the fact that you share yourself with me. That I don't have to prove my strength to you. I don't have to hurt or be hurt to lie with you. - Vane

You are incredibly wise. He laughed. Only when it comes to other people. It's easy to see how to fix their lives. It's much harder to see the cracks in your own house.

Just remember, sometimes people will put you ahead of themselves. It does happen. (Leta) Yeah, the whole world is just rainbows and puppies. Boy Scouts really do help old ladies cross the street without mugging them and no one ever ignores a trauma victim's screams. (Aiden)

So what's it like to live without emotions? (Geary) It's hard. Imagine a world without taste. A world where you can see the colors and all, but you can't feel it. A beautiful clear day can never choke you up. A child's laughter doesn't make you smile. You don't look at a bunny and think 'how cute.' You feel absolutely nothing. It's like being wrapped in thick cotton all the time. (Arik)

My mother's dying and may not live through the week. So, yes, I'd rather die trying to save her than live with the guilt of wondering if I could have. If you can't understand caring that much for someone you love then you're one coldhearted bastard. (Abbie)

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime.It's what unites us.The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when it happens. Don't let them take that from you,too.-Kyrian

the hardest ones to love are always the ones who need it most. -Cherise