"It's hard to penetrate characters who are very cut off and lack empathy and to do it with sympathy. It's so easy to make a damaged character repugnant."

Empathy, Character, Writing, Sympathy

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"It's hard to penetrate characters who are very cut off and lack empathy and to do it with sympathy. It's so easy to make a damaged character repugnant."

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"But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day."

Barack Obama, American President

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"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Weeping for other people's pain isn't true weeping if it doesn't come from deep down your heart."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Before hurting others, feel the pain you will inflict on others."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events that are beyond our control, and the betrayals we endure, from those we befriended and loved, can make us cynical and turn our hearts into flint " on which only the matches of anger and bitterness can be struck into flame. By their delight in being with us, the reliable sunniness of their disposition, the joy they bring to playtime, the curiosity with which they embrace each new experience, dogs can melt cynicism,and sweeten the bitter heart."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

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"Correlation is not cause, it is just a 'music of chance'."

Logic

"But all attractions are alike,' he said. 'They come from an emptiness inside.' He hammered on this chest with his index finger. 'Something's missing and you have to fill it. Books, paintings, people, they're all the same...''A lot of people do without books and paintings.''True,' he said, 'but that doesn't affect the argument.' Paris turned his head to one side and chewed on his lip. 'Of course, nothing ever does the trick. Nobody's really satisfied for long."

Desire

"Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future."

Innovation

"If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'."

Writing

"The truth is that what fascinates me is not so much being in a place as not being there: how places live in the mind once you have left them, how they are imagined before you arrive, or how they are seemingly called out of nothing to illustrate a thought or story like my tree down yonder. These mental spaces map our Innes lives more fully than any "real" map, delineating the borders of here and there that also shape what we see in the present."

Memory

"It appears that time has turned that young woman, who imagined herself a romantic heroine, into something of a comic character, but I remain fond of her. We are relatives, after all."

Reflection

"Distortion is part of desire. We always change the things we want."

Desire

"Transformation of the self are related to where you are, and identity Is dependent on others."

Identity

"Do you know that I can't remember her face? Try as I may, it will not be conjured. I can tell you what she looked like; I can recite a description of her features, part by part, but I cannot evoke the whole face.''Don't you have a photograph?''Photographs!' He spat out the word. 'I'm talking about true recollection - seeing the face."

Memory

"The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified pleasure, nature, family happiness."

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