Quotes About Empathy

Love gives far more than it ever takes. And love makes us want to give.

I'd take any pain for you.

You helped him stay stable.* *No, Ivy. I made sure he didn't go over the final edge, but that isn't enough.*

We're all a little broken. No one goes through life with a whole heart. -Keir, Healer

Love, she realized at that terrible moment of truth, could be incredibly unselfish, even when it hurt until she bled.

We're all a little broken. No one goes through life with a whole heart.

My mother does not consider you my pet, Elena. She is very kind to pets.

These people are hurt, Mother. You understand pain, and you understand how to be kind. That's what they need.

Such a mistake would've crushed me had I thought myself perfect and held myself up to some great standard of alphahood. Instead, I accepted that I can't see into the heart of every wolf, and I did all I could to fix the resulting damage.

I'm not going to turn on you because you are who you are." She'd known exactly who it was she'd invited into her bed and that his sexual experience far outweighed hers. "Especially," she added, fingers curling into the sheet, "when I'm the beneficiary of all that practice.

When I was a girl, I thought love meant high romance and great drama, but now I understand that love that lasts is a constellation of small kindnesses.

When I create works of art, I do it because it is part of me and I must create. But afterward, when the work is done, I hope that it'll speak to people, that it'll open up their hearts or their minds. That cannot happen if the art is buried for safekeeping.

I need you to stand by me, not chip away at my confidence. Do you know the only person who's never made me feel inadequate? Judd.

All changelings knew that, sometimes, touch could heal what words never could.

Let me share a secret with you, Zach. Men have been telling women things for centuries. Then they've been breaking our hearts." ... "Only way," Mercy continued, "for you to gain her trust might be to forget the pride that seems to come embedded in the Y chromosome. You ready to wear your heart on your sleeve and hope she doesn't crush the life out of it?" He met her gaze. "You got a streak of mean in you, Mercy." "Thank you very much."

I don't have empathy, Sahara. I can't feel for those who are going to die. It would be akin to asking a falcon to take flight when his wings had long been hacked off.

Rabbit had taken to following Vasic around, leaning up against his leg any time he stopped. Vasic didn't rebuke their pet, always finding time to stop and touch Rabbit before going about his work again. But Rabbit wouldn't be soothed, as Ivy couldn't be soothed.

Some People, we know in a heartbeat. Others, we'll never know, even if we speak to them for a thousand years.

A single instant of kindness, she thought again, her heart breaking. How do we save them all, Aden? One at a time.

We're all a little broken." Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart.

Kaleb hadn't expected anything else—if he were on the other side, he wouldn't trust himself either.

If Kaleb Krychek had been able to bond with another human being...perhaps Aden has sold his Arrows short. Perhaps salvation could come for even the most broken among them

Sometimes, you have to let people be sad. At least until they're ready to come out of that sadness.

Those who saw mortals as weak and without courage had never spoken to one who'd experienced loss such as this, a loss rare among angelkind.