To me, sympathy was like alcohol on a scraped knee. It…

“If it makes you feel any better, he’s been all sad doll lately too.” “What are you talking about, Chels?” Chelsea stopped walking and…

— Kimberly Derting

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is…

— John Burns

“Just because she doesn't talk about it, doesn't mean she isn't feeling it. She hurts, but she won't wear it on her sleeve. She…

— Alfa H

When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.

— Jonas Gahr Store

“George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw…

— Mette Ivie Harrison

In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

I'm not looking for sympathy, just understanding.

— Anonymous

Sometimes I'll go for something more because of the story, or more because of the director. But, generally, I have to feel like it's…

— Guy Pearce

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect…

— Goldwin Smith

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has…

— Alexei Navalny

even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt…

— George Eliot

“I don't have sympathy for people who wrap themselves in injury caused by their inability to deal with personal inadequacies and refusal to learn…

— Nikki Mills

in certain crises direct expression of sympathy is the least possible to those who most feel sympathy.

— George Eliot

“Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.”

— Margaret Atwood