Quotes About Empathy

What does it take to know a person? Time. It takes time.

Also, she doesn't want to hear anyone else's inspiring story about a sister-in-law who went through exactly the same thing and is now running ultramarathons. Celeste doesn't mean to be ungenerous in her thoughts, but she has come to the chilling conclusion that we are all alone in our bodies. Irrefutably, immutably alone. And hence, no one's story offers hope.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind.The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. —Henry James

She didn't know how any woman anywhere conducted an affair without having the ear of a best friend.

The line that finally makes Jessie burst into sobs is Despite everything, I believe all people are good at heart.

Jack chuckles. "You can be more than one kind of person in your life," he says. "But I've always been a person who loves Hollis Shaw.

What are we talking about in 2023? We are talking about our shared grief. We are talking about our collective gratitude.

compassion, thoughtful opinions. He admits when he's wrong; he admits when he doesn't know. This is why their friendship has lasted while so many others have fallen away.

Agnes like she was a baby bird. Dabney felt a combination of

You're human and human beings make mistakes and act in all kinds of ways we shouldn't.

He believes that if you agree to do something you'd rather not do for someone else's sake, then you should do it graciously, with some enthusiasm, like a good sport.

Andrea ripped her paperback in half and gave Delilah the beginning while she finished the end.

What is the most important lesson of all? Perseverance? Honesty? Forgiveness? Love?

Barrett crumpled the plastic from his sandwich. "I'd never hurt her intentionally." Right, Chess thought. But people rarely hurt each other intentionally.

The thing I love best about reading fiction is that it gives you a way to connect the experiences of your own life to the larger world," Gigi says. "Don't you find that to be true?

You can be related to someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person. You can love someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person. You can even be someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person

Mallory uses a measured, concerned-mom voice rather than a snake-oil-salesman voice.

The thing I love best about reading fiction is that it gives you a way to connect the experiences of your own life to the larger world

anyone. It takes an extraordinary person to handle this kind of loss as graciously as you are." At these words, Ursula sat up and stretched

Smile and the world smiles with you.

she might understand that everyone has her baggage and her sad stories. What differentiates people is how they choose to deal with

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

How did she do it? "She comes clumping along with that sad, suffering face drawn with pain from her varicose veins and God knows what-all," one old-timer said. "You rush to help her to your seat. She thanks you kindly. The next thing you know you're dead.