Quotes About Empathy

I won't steal from her. I would never hurt one person's chances to help another—even if that other person was someone I cared about.

Por favor... - diz o garoto. [...] O que ele realmente está dizendo é: por favor, seja humana. Com uma vida tão cheia de regras e controle é tão fácil esquecer que é isso que eles são. Ela sabe - ela entende - com que frequência a compaixão é suplantada pela conveniência.

You'll be fine, Citra. You'll be back with Scythe Curie in no time—but you won't forget what happened today. And I hope you never forgive me.

You Unwinds are all the same. You think that because no one loves you, then you can't love anyone.

It means I chose wisely," Scythe Faraday told her. "If you do not cry yourself to sleep on a regular basis, you are not compassionate enough to be a scythe.

This won't do," said Scythe Curie, and took Citra up into her arms, carrying her.

All this time, Lev never realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all-forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world. By someone who once despised him. Someone like Miracolina.

Ich werde es nicht zulassen, dass du dir das Leben nimmst! Es gehört dir nicht!

We're not all evil, the man says. Neither are we,, Jeevan responds.

My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort. 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 help us if we ever lose that.

Never lose your humanity," Scythe Faraday had told him, "or you'll be nothing more than a killing machine." He had used the word "killing" rather than "gleaning." Rowan hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now he understood; it stopped being gleaning the moment one became desensitized to the act.

He doesn't respond; he just kisses her on the back of her head, to maintain his image as the safest port in her storm. It's a powerful feeling to know you make others feel safe.

My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or for comfort or for 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 help us if we ever lose that.

It is the plight of every child to have depth their parents can scarcely imagine. But, oh, how I long to be understood.

Aunque ella debe saber lo que está pasando, no dice nada, sólo deja la cabeza en su hombro mientras las lágrimas de él le caen en el pelo.

Which is worse, I wonder- watching everyone you know fall into a ravine, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them.

T)his is the true core of human nature: When we've lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.

Do you know what that feels like, Risa? he wants to ask her. Do you know what it's like to be un-souled?

The best way to know someone is to have a conversation with them.

How difficult it is to understand each other, my dear angel, and how much thought is incommunicable, even between people who love each other!

So you see how difficult it is to understand one another, my dear angel, how incommunicable thought is, even between two people in love.

Hypocrite lecteur,—mon semblable,—mon frère!

Hypocrite lecteur, – mon semblable, – mon frère !

Nu dispre?ui?i sensibilitatea nim?nui. Sensibilitatea fiec?ruia e geniul lui.