Quotes About Empathy

The tragedy of puppies, taken from their families, all of them, never to see each other again. This is the sadness we inflict on the beasts we love.

Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

So that's all right then, isn't it?" she said. "If you can't go there with them, the best you can do is to be there when they get back." She reached over and touched his cheek. "We all suffer something, don't we?" she said. "Some of us just go down harder than others.

People came to understand one another not by words but by what had happened between them. It couldn't be said, in so many words.

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

I not only feel better about myself because these people are also fucked up (and I guess this gives us a sense of community), but I feel better because look how much these fellow fuckups managed to accomplish!

I am always disappointed with someone who loves me - how perfect can he be if he can't see through me?

I may not take cristicism well, but that doesn't mean I'm not hearing it. I'll hear it later. Right now I'm storing it in my delayed response area, because it's hard for me. I wish I was someone who welcomed cristicism and immediately understood its valeu, but I'm not, and if I look unhappy about this, I am.

People adapt to you. Don't worry, you can't alter what they think of you to any great degree, and by the same token what they think of you can't alter you.

Tell the truth, be kind, all that corny stuff.

my father flew to Elizabeth's side, gradually making his way slowly to her front. He first dried her eyes with his handkerchief, then he consoled her with flowers, and he ultimately consoled her with his penis.

I could've given you so much but you wanted so little ... I tried to read between your lines as you would so rarely speak but I gave you far more credit than you were actually due you see I thought I was only seeing half the man but that was all there was to you

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about kindness.

Here's what he said: People adapt to you. Don't worry, you can't be what they think of ou to any degree, and by the same token what they think of you can't alter you.

How they treat you is not necessarily who you are.

I know how closely most of us tend to hold on to whatever cache of patience we've managed to amass over a lifetime and I appreciate your squandering some of your cherished stash here.

It's not how you feel about someone; it's how they make you feel about yourself when you're with them. (Quote from Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge by Sheila Weller)

He told her what was happening in the world that he belonged to and she visited.

If you pass out, I'll put you in my lap and wheel you across the finish line

Hate is a useless emotion.

Zara, sympathy is just a good excuse to buy greeting cards and make sorry eyes and secretly gloat over how glad you are that you aren't the person whose crap is hanging out for everyone to see.

That's what people who love you do: they hold you and lie. They tell you that you're worthy, that everything will be all right, and they do that even when you both know without a doubt that this is not true, that is it nowhere near the truth.