Quotes About Empathy

He does not see . . . because his eyes are shut too tightly to know anything beyond his own anguish.

I don't forgive him-I merely understand him.

The Fatigues all talk like that. Big-Picture-speak, Risa calls it. Seeing the whole, and none of the parts. It's not just in their speech but in their eyes as well. When they look at Risa, she can tell they don't really see her. They seem to see the mob of Unwinds more as a concept rather than a collection of anxious kids, and so they miss all the subtle social tremors that shake things just as powerfully as the jets shake the roof.

Which is worse - to be despised, or to be ignored? — From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie

My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human.

I feel everything, Calliope tells me as I rest in her metallic arms one night, suspended above an easy sea. I feel not only the sails, but the hull. Not only the ship, but the sea. Not only the sea, but the sky. And not only the sky, but the stars. I feel everything.

Yes, yes, but you have to remember people take from a situation the thing that they need.

Correction must be about lifting one up from one's poor choices and prior deeds. As long as remorse is sincere, and one is willing to make recompense, there is no purpose to suffering.

while an adult could rarely be universally loved, everyone could love the right kid.

He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy - and you don't just go to somebody and say, I'm a better person because you're in my head

Still, if you've got to bring yourself within inches of your life just to cry for help, something's wrong somewhere. Either you weren't yelling loud enough to begin with, or the people around you are deaf, dumb, and blind. Which makes me think it isn't just a cry for help - it's more a cry to be taken seriously. A cry that says I'm hurting so badly, the world must, for once, come to a grinding halt for me. The question is, what do you do next?

At home they expect you to be fixed, she says. They say they understand, but the only people who really understand are the ones who've been to That Place, too. It's like a man telling a woman he knows what it feels like to give birth

Our hope is that Challenger Deep will comfort those who have been there, letting them know that they are not alone. We also hope that it will help others to empathize, and to understand what it's like to sail the dark, unpredictable waters of mental illness.

What was friendship if it isn't some kind of love?

That is to say, I'm among them, but I don't feel with them.

I wish I knew where he was today, so I could tell him I understand how it was. And how easy it is to suddenly find yourself alone in the playground.

That's right, pick on Emby, says Connor. Show everyone just how low you are.

And besides, the human heart if rarely practical.

My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There's no version of God that can keep us if we ever lose that.

For only the pain of empathy will keep us human.

You Unwinds are all the same. You think that because no one loves you, then you can't love anyone. All right, then, if there's no one you love, then pick someone who needs to hear what you have to say.

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

When we've lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.

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