Quotes About Empathy

There's no time to hold grudges when you've seen how fragile things can really be.

Mostly, people are who they are. But if you accept this about them, you can move forward and build from there—then, they can surprise you.

When you lose your parents young, there is simply a blight on your psyche that becomes part of your being. Really,

Allison Winn Scotch

being family doesn't mean that you don't hurt each other. It means that you might nick each other from time to time, but you love one another anyway.

He envied straight couples the easy openness of their relationships. At that moment, he would've given anything to know what it was like to take his lover's hand without a second's consideration for what anyone else might think, or do.

He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

The time for crying with your girlfriends about a broken heart is over chocolate ice cream and chick flicks—not stun guns and bulletproof vests.

Hey, Macey, sorry to drop in but Cammie just had to be alone with me. You know how she gets.

Mr. Solomon was right the worst kind of torture is watching someone you love get hurt.

You shouldn't judge someone until you've walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes

You are back, Cam. Which means for the first time since you left, it's okay for us to be mad at you for leaving. - Macey

I don't understand hate. I've seen its power. I've known its wrath. I've even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don't know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.

Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. I'm so sorry I'm not her.

Hey I bruise," Hale said. "Also, you are freakishly strong.

I knew she was right. Of course she was right. Bex was always right. She knew me better than I knew myself. But then again, isn't that a best friend's job?

I've thrown enough punches in my life to know when someone is hurting.

I wonder what kinds of songs Preston's father sang to him." Zach raised his eyebrows. "I wonder if he's in a cell humming them to himself right now." I should have said something-done something. He was in a dark place, there in the moonlight. But before I could say a word, Zach took a deep breath and looked up at the fortress. "I wonder if I should join him.

She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for.

I know not all people with scars are evil," I snap. "I'm not living in a cartoon.

You were the only one who looked at me and didn't see her

Not all people with scars are evil.

Some people, after all, don't care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.

For the first time he's not looking at me like I'm dangerous. He's looking at me like I'm broken. It's a look I know too well.