Quotes About Empathy

Maybe the point of real friendship isn't that you have to repay kindness, but whatever. At least I should try. As

Maybe I didn't spend decades with you like Lucien did, but I bet I can make you laugh faster than he could.

If someone were hitting Aaron over the head, he would thank them for stopping.

Call's stomach felt as if it wanted to curl up inside him like a kicked puppy.

It came to her, all of a sudden, the words he'd said to her in Lance's house. If I'm hurt, you must be very careful. No, Tana, you must listen. You must be careful of me. He hadn't been worried he was going to get hurt. He'd been worried that he was going to hurt someone else.

You whom I could not save Listen to me." —CZESLAW MILOSZ, "Dedication

But books feel real. Surely they must seem more real to you than anyone. They can hurt you. They can break your heart.

Or you could try not talking to her," Call said. "When I don't talk to Tamara, she comes and hits me, so that would be a way that Kimiya might come to you first. Plus, once she hits you, it breaks the ice." "Or my shoulder," said Alex. "I mean, if it doesn't work, then, like they say, 'If you love someone, set them free. Don't lock them up underground in a cavern.

And then I had to learn how to be a person all the time. I tried to be, for you.

hurt more easily than anything nice.

I think of all the good things that come from someone knowing you well enough to understand your hopes and fears.

I gobble the food down, trying to imagine that I am sitting at the table with them. Trying to imagine myself as their daughter again, and not what's left of her. A cuckoo trying to fit back into the egg.

If anyone can get me through tonight, it's him. He's good at putting those around him at ease, even when they ought to know better. Unfortunately, what I am good at is getting under people's skin. But at least I am also good at lying.

Maybe being human isn't always being weak.

If it's hard for you to bear what you did, give me the weight.

And while I didn't think he was my friend, it didn't mean I couldn't be his.

El amor no germina bien cuando se alimenta de dolor.

It is no small thing to pass judgement on the person who raised you, no matter what else they have done.

Maybe the point of real friendship isn't that you have to repay kindness, but whatever. At least I should try.

A menudo me he preguntado si mi pasado es la razón por la que soy como soy, si eso me ha convertido en un monstruo.

He ought to have been taught better than to let his emotions show on his face. Instead, he assumed that others would care about his feelings, so he didn't bother to hide them.

You must be particularly kind to people. Other kids can act like monsters, but not you.

She is a mirror, reflecting someone I could have been but am not.

I will lie down,' he says, letting me guide him toward his enormous bed. Once there, he does not let go of my hand. 'If you lie with me.