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> [“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is the actual corporeal feeling of someone else's emotions, so that it's experienced not only in the brain but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/empathy-most-people-think-empathy-is-like-understanding-someone-else/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

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## More by Nathan Hill

> [“In the story of the blind men and the elephant, what’s usually ignored is the fact that each man’s description was correct. What Faye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/in-the-story-of-the-blind-men-and-the-elephant-what-s-usually-ignored/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“There are some mysteries of the universe that ought to remain mysteries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/there-are-some-mysteries-of-the-universe-that-ought-to-remain/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“But now? Being a sellout is the authentic thing. When”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/but-now-being-a-sellout-is-the-authentic-thing-when/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“He’s like the most dangerous species of American there is: heterosexual white male who didn’t get what he wanted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-s-like-the-most-dangerous-species-of-american-there-is/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“Whereas if you choose to see people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/whereas-if-you-choose-to-see-people-as-puzzles-and-if-you-see/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“But such was the way with people – they loved the things that made them miserable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/but-such-was-the-way-with-people-they-loved-the-things-that-made-them/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“He’s looking for people he can be himself around. Aren’t we all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-s-looking-for-people-he-can-be-himself-around-aren-t-we-all/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is the actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/empathy-most-people-think-empathy-is-like-understanding-someone-else/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“I saw the northern lights once. In upper Alberta. I booked a trip with this outfit called See the Northern Lights! I had wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/i-saw-the-northern-lights-once-in-upper-alberta-i-booked-a-trip-with/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“A dormitory was a hopeless idea. Whoever thought of encasing two hundred girls in a concrete box?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/a-dormitory-was-a-hopeless-idea-whoever-thought-of-encasing-two/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“There is not one true self hidden by many false ones. Rather, there is one true self hidden by many other true ones”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/there-is-not-one-true-self-hidden-by-many-false-ones-rather-there-is/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [ “Everyone loves a prodigy \[...\]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/everyone-loves-a-prodigy-prodigies-get-us-off-the-hook-for-living/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“In case you haven't noticed, the word has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/in-case-you-haven-t-noticed-the-word-has-pretty-much-given-up-on-the/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“What do you do when you discover your adult life is a sham?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/what-do-you-do-when-you-discover-your-adult-life-is-a-sham/)

[Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/)

> [“he functionally remembered the desire to quit Elfscape, but there was no part of his brain actively telling him to do so, plus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-functionally-remembered-the-desire-to-quit-elfscape-but-there-was/)

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