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Quotes About Empathy

Okay, okay. You know I didn't mean it like that. 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.
~ Jenny Han
Girl understand each other in a way boys never will.
~ Jenny Han
I just—want to always know that you're okay. It's important to me.
~ Jenny Han
I wished there was something I could say to take that look away, but sometimes there just weren't words.
~ Jenny Han
Catching him off guard felt like a good sign. He had a million walls. Maybe if I just started talking, he wouldn't have time to build up a new one.
~ Jenny Han
Hear me out, just for a minute. Please. I'm begging you." He sounded strangled and hoarse.
~ Jenny Han
Girls understand each other in a way boys never will.
~ Jenny Han
My heart swelled. There are some things only a friend who's known you your whole life can say, and instantly, I felt a little better.
~ Jenny Han
To feel so known, so understood. It's such a wonderful feeling...
~ Jenny Han
You should give him a picture of you to keep him company, if you know what I mean." She frowns at me. "Do you know what I mean?
~ Jenny Han
I didn't want to see a mark on his face one day and not know how it got there.
~ Jenny Han
There were times I feel left out anyway. Not in a romantic way, but a friend way.
~ Jenny Han
It took me a long time to figure it out. That I was the one who had put my dad on that pedestal. I did that, not him. And then I despised him for not being perfect. For being human.
~ Jenny Han
IT's a rare thing, to know someone so well, whether they'll pivot left or right.
~ Jenny Han
I don't think relationships are just about physicality. There are ways to show you care about someone, not just using your lips. Or any other part. (Lara Jean to Peter Kavinsky)
~ Jenny Han
I am comforted in knowing that tonight he feels the exact same way, and there is no distance between us.
~ Jenny Han
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. And
~ Jenny Han
Tardé mucho tiempo en comprenderlo. Fui yo el que puso a mi padre en ese pedestal. Lo hice yo, no él. Y luego lo desprecié por no ser perfecto. Por ser humano.
~ Jenny Han
That time, I slept in his room with him. We watched TV until he fell asleep, because he liked to sleep with the television on in the background. I couldn't fall asleep like that, so I waited until he did and then I turned it off.
~ Jenny Han
I want to be that person for him, I want to be the one who keeps him going during this difficult time. I want to be his lighthouse keeper ... but it's hard. Harder than I thought.
~ Jenny Han
That story made me feel like I knew you at least a little bit. But I don't know you, and I wish I did.
~ Jenny Han
You probably make her feel very special. Because that's your talent, right? You're good at making people feel special.
~ Jenny Han
Just because a girl is sad, it doesn't mean it has anything to do with PMS.
~ Jenny Han
He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing.
~ Jenny Han