It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.

Like officer Dave. He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other.

I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.

"Was Philip Dexter upset?" "He's telephoned the office every day." She was pleased about that. "Who else was upset?" "Everybody. Roosevelt ordered an hour of silence while you were on the table. Like...

The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen though... that's the problem.

The world is full of broken people who think they are surrounded by whole people.

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid 'us vs. them.'

The internet can be many things, of course. Too often it's a cesspool of distraction, a place we indulge in the modern sport of snark and schadenfreude, building the case for our own bigotries, where...

.. I suffered with you. I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded, but because the love I have for you. ~ Eric Northman in Dead in The Family.

I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends...

Don't blame if people are too harsh on you, maybe they have been hurt badly before.

He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically, not witches. Most were poor victims — the outcasts of...

That's why they call it a heartbreak. Because you really feel like your heart is breaking. It's not just an emotional pain, it's a physical pain too.

No matter which human being is considered individually, I always find reasons to conclude that sorrow and misfortune do not befit them; either because they seem too mediocre for something so great,...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other... every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there,...

We're both just human. Nothing more. But also nothing less.

I share my happiness and sorrow Because I know for once there will be no tomorrow If I wish to live in your memories I too have to be there to share your worries Speak up to your friend, am just a...

Hate not a man for his tardiness for the only thing that is on time is time itself.

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the daily distress that so often creeps into our lives.

When the statistics have a face, poverty becomes personal.

Books; I repeat, for they've not only been a solace during the long years but also provided the keys to understanding other people's ideas and achievements, their hopes and fears, quirks and foibles,...

Suicide is not a choice, it is what is left when everything else fails.

People who love themselves, don't hurt other people. People who love themselves have no reason to ever judge another person on looks. There is simply no need. People who love themselves no longer look...

Anytime the rich and poor combine, we should listen to whoever has the least power. Rich people are conditioned to assess the world through our privileges. The powerful tend to discredit or ignore the...

The hearts of everyone, the feeling is different. Everyone in this world, the behavior is different. The eyes are all the same.. But everyone's view is different.

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.

You might pass by those who're stuck in the bottleneck while you are swimming in your whiskey, be kind!

But those who are incapable of pitying animals are, as a matter of fact, incapable of pitying men. A physician who would cut a living rabbit in pieces -- laying bare the nerves, denuding them with...