Quotes About Empathy

And Ariadne was crying. "You get that," she said, her voice thick. "How come you can get that for my baby, but you can't get it for you?

Are you the child of divorce, Tino? Did anybody you know die? Did you ever, once, not have enough to eat?" "No, sir," Tino said, shamed.

So you tell Dad, and you two can make your peace with me not being the son you planned on. And I hope you decide to love the son you have." He took a deep breath and saw her expression transition from shock to irritation to hurt.

Sure it is," Trav said, realizing it as he said it. "It's why there's all the fuss about legalizing gay marriage. When you're happy, you want the world to acknowledge that your happiness is valid.

Hey, I can get clear.' It's why we make music and paint pictures. So humans know we're not alone.

called you fat because I knew other lovers had done so, and it was easy to drive you away. I didn't believe it. I've never believed it. I've never even thought it. Everything else I said, it was to push you away. I know you know that—but you need to believe it. I cannot face you if you think I look at you and see anything less than the man you are. I am not settling for you, I am reaching for you, and there is a difference, and you are that man.

you don't have to be a saint to want to be treated like a human being, do you know that? Yes, I know he's an addict. So the hell what? You don't write him off because of it. You don't write me off because I care for him. We're people, that's all. Miserable, stupid, fucked-up people, and all we have in this world to hold on to is each other. Can you understand that?

But that was okay, because Grant laughed too and met Mackey's eyes in a moment of understanding for just the both of them. He'd hurt too.

many of the "bad guys" were simply lost, addicted, and hungry. He had learned that many of the "good guys" were bullies, excited about using their power simply because they could.

I'm sorry your friend died back when you were a lost child, mal'chik, but I am not sorry it was not you. Of all the fucking awful things I did as a mother, seeing you grown is the one I will not regret.

Dane lowered his ear to make out what Clay was saying. It sounded like "Please get better, please get better, please get better…." And Dane closed his eyes and steeled his cynical heart and prayed.

But he didn't have any toys," she said softly.

You don't love people at their best, sweetheart. You just love them because you can't help it.

People shouldn't be given up," she said, her voice sinking. "Not if they make you happy." He smiled a little.

Until this moment he'd never realized that Seth did that because being here on planet Earth hurt. Oh Seth. All those times you were so dreamy—except when you were playing music. Or with me. Did the world hurt so very much?

The point was nobody was enough all the time. That was what being partners was about. One person got to spaz the fuck out, and the other person got to hold the other guy's hand, and then they switched places.

Sappho would speak, I think, quite openly,And Mrs. Browning guard a careful silence,But Emily would set doors ajar and slam themAnd love you for your speed of observation.

Your touch on the lives of others is like the touch of no one else. The "fingerprints" you leave on someone's heart can be traced back to no one but you. Amy Nappa, A Woman's Touch

It takes darkness inside of a person to see it in others.

People experience books so very differently.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.

The Watcher lived for one thing and one thing only; fighting for the oppressed.

No mother can tolerate seeing her children hurting. To know that she was the cause of their suffering was the worst part, far worse than the pain, and she hated herself for it.

He told himself, "good-dog" but it wasn't the same.