Quotes About Empathy

Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too.

I'm going to do better than that.' An adrenalin rush of determination accompanied her words. 'I'm going to find out why he is the way he is, and make his life better.

My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and the reasons behind my silence.

How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can't.

Sisters are the true friends who ask how you are, and then wait to hear the answer.

A hint about women,' Mick said to Cliff. 'Never in the history of all history has telling a woman to calm down ever calmed one down.

Sometimes the best thing in life is finding that one person who knows all your mistakes and weaknesses and still thinks you're completely amazing.

What I'm trying to say is that I'll always be there for you, Tara. You need someone to help you, I'm your guy. You need a couple or three orgasms? I'm your personal toy. You need to let off some steam, someone to yell at, I'll be your doormat...

He had three incision sites: one where the microscopic camera had gone in and two where they'd done the actual work, and the abuse he'd taken today went straight to her heart. "Oh, Pace." "I'm guessing that wasn't an 'Oh, Pace, you're so sexy, take me.'

A person who's willing to meet you halfway is usually, conveniently, a poor judge of distance.

You'll be great, Cole said, patting her shoulder. He took one last look at Sam's face. Whatever he saw there made him smile. But maybe you should go a little easy on him; he's had it tough. She looked at Sam's face, too. Rough as in dating gorgeous blondes named Selena who yell at you in the alley, or rough as in getting to go boating all day long for a living? Cole tossed back his head and laughed. You get a raise for that. I'll tell our accountant. He turned to Sam again. Give her a raise.

Thanks for being here for me, she whispered. He started to answer flippantly, but stopped when he realized how much it meant to him as well, that he could be there for her. Anytime, babe. And for the first time in his life, he actually meant it.

Feel free to kiss it better.

Love is patient, love is kind." She smiled. "Love means oral sex without the pressure to reciprocate.

My parents taught me to be nice first because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice. Be nice until it's time to stop being nice. Then destroy them.

Lily, the next time you tell me you don't know what to do with family. Because you know exactly. It's about loyalty and kindness and unconditional love, and you are more than capable of all that.

Look, we both know we don't need someone in our life to make it complete, but let's be honest. Having someone who knows your dark and angsty side and yet isn't scared off . . ." She shook her head. "It's the greatest gift ever.

Love was about showing up. Love was about being there for the people in your life during their darkest moments and doing your best to understand and support those people through whatever course their life took. Without judgment.

Just remember, there's not a lot of softness in his life, or room for weakness—of which you're definitely one. He has absolutely no idea what to do with you, and as an action guy, that's confusing to him. So maybe think about taking it easy on him. Even just a little bit.

But the thing was, love wasn't in the bouquet of flowers or the romantic, candle-lit dinners. It was in the everyday stuff, like knowing when your person was tired and needed help, understanding what made them tick, what to do to soothe and comfort.

Everyone needs something else once in a while. There's no shame in that.

Nice," the clerk said without a smidgeon of judgment in his voice as he rang her up. "I especially like the way you've got the entire junk food pyramid represented here. That's not easy to do." She had a rack of donuts, two pies—one lemon, one cherry—a pint of caramel delight ice cream, a family-size bag of chips, and now cookies as well. "Bad breakup?" the clerk asked.

An injured dog, a sick kitten, a horse in labor, it didn't matter... Dell gave his heart and soul, and in less time than it took humans to shake hands, an animal would become part of Dell's pack for life.

He cupped her face in his big, callused hands and dropped his forehead to hers. It's all about the we, he murmured. Don't ever think otherwise.