Quotes About Empathy

Have the people living here under untroubled circumstances and at so great a distance from the wars of others been afflicted with a poverty of experience, a sort of emotional anemia? Must living in peace - so fervently wished for throughout human history and yet enjoyed in only a few parts of the world - inevitably result in refusing to share it with those seeking refuge, defending it instead so aggressively that it almost looks like war?

That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.

In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.

Sometimes it hurts to look at you," I said. I loved that I could say that and he knew exactly what I meant.

I still don't think it's pathetic to cry over someone. It just means you care about them deeply and you're sad.

I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you.

Sometimes questions can be more cruel than insults

I loved the feeling of talking and having somebody really listen to what I have to say. It was like a high or something.

I wondered if it was possible to take someone's pain away with a kiss. Because that was what i wanted to do, take all of his sadness and pour it out of him, comfort him, make the boy i knew come back.

I can see now that it's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going. And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.

Lara: Because sometimes you just feel sad and you can't explain it. Kitty: PMS? Lara: No.It's not PMS. Just because a girl is sad, it doesn't mean it has anything to do with PMS.

It's hard to concentrate when your feelings are hurt.

It's crazy, how similar we are. Here's both of us, working through our stuff, trying to make something positive out of something really bad.

I want to be that person for him, I want to be the one who keeps him going during this difficult time.

We smile at each other and I feel that wonderful sensation of being known by someone.

I just mean that you should give people a chance to know you." Josh points the remote control at me and says, "If people knew you, they would love you." He sounds so matter-of-fact. Josh, you break my heart. And you're a liar. Because you know me, you know me better than almost anybody, and you don't love me.

I don't think relationships are just physicality. There are ways to show you care about someone, not just using your lips... Or any other body part.

I don't think I'd want it; it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

Do you like Cam?" the girl asked me casually. I wondered how she knew him—I thought he'd been a nobody just like me. "I barely even know him," I told her, and her face relaxed. She was relieved. I recognized that look in her eyes—dreamy and hopeful. It must have been the way I looked when I used to talk about Conrad, used to try to think of ways to insert his name into conversation. It made me sad for her, for me.

I think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you.

When boy likes you, you say no thank you. You don't kick him on the ground.

And I know now too that in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.

I thought he was kind of a dick too, but I didn't say so. You're not supposed to join in when someone is bashing his father.

Disappointment is good for kids; it prepares them for the real world, where it's not all about them and their feelings.