Quotes About Empathy

I'm sorry," he said again, and this time he took those words and owned them.

Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

Oh, Addie," she said. "Were you punishing yourself, sweetie?" "Oh my god," I said. "That is so not the right thing to say to someone about her new haircut!

My tears were hot and salty, and I imagine them melting my heart.

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems. When actually, what we need to forget is ourselves. Change is healthy, right?

She pulled into a parking space on the side of the road, put her hand to her chest, and sat for a bit. Then she said that the man already knew he was the one in the wrong, and being wrong had embarrassed him. Since he didn't like feeling that way, he unloaded his bad feelings onto her. "Huh?" we'd said. "Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

Cats and dogs are said to be sworn enemies, but I don't believe it. I think we get to choose our enemies, just like we choose our friends.

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes.

I felt sucker-punched. It wasn't God's fault Patrick had been treated worse than dirt, as I'd let myself believe. It was mine.

My tears were not hot and salty,and I imagined them melting my heart.They didn´t.They just made it mushy around the edges.

But sometimes I need someone to shine a little light on me, too.

Sabe, às vezes, quando esquecemos de fazer as coisas para os outros, (...) é porque estamos envolvidos demais com os nossos problemas. (...) Quando, na verdade, precisamos esquecer de nós mesmos.

Oh, please," he said coldly. The way he regarded me, as if I were lower than a straw wrapper, reminded me that he and Jeb were friends. "People like you don't change." My throat closed. It was too much, that he would come down on me in the same way that everyone else on the planet had. "But . . . " It came out wavery. I tried again, and in a voice that wobbled despite my best intentions, I said, "Can't anyone see I'm trying?

I don't mean to be cold...But sometimes I need someone to shine a light on me, too.

mad maddie: zoe, angela is her own worst enemy, you know. zoegirl: i love her so much, but i do kind of understand what you're saying. but i don't know how to tell her that to her face. i don't even know if i want to say it to her face. mad maddie: i do. i just wanna shake her shoulders and say, "GET A CLUE! HE IS A LOSER!!!" zoegirl: i know. it's so sad. mad maddie: yeah, but it's also just ANNOYING.

At the end of the day, we all need each other. Women need men, men need women, and nobody should be anyone's sex slave.

If you have a girlfriend—when you have a girlfriend—make sure you take care of her just like she takes care of you.

She informed me that in the future, I was not to throw out Starbucks customers just for being heartless bitches.

She informed me that in the future, I was not to throw out Starbucks customers for being heartless bitches.' - The Patron Saint of Pigs (Let it Snow, 3) by Lauren Myracle

There were so many people in the world. Some were jerks, but most were kind.

Maybe being known by someone, really being known by someone, wasn't a party trick like ESP. Maybe it was about opening your heart to that person, consciously and on purpose.

Well, I guess I do too," Ava admitted. "I just . . . I don't think it's fair. To other people. To get sad all the time, you know?" Natasha

We're all just people...We all have things we deal with, but it's all right. We always muddle through.

I used to think that's what love was: knowing someone so well he was like a part of you.