Books Quote by Anna Letitia Barbauld

I've always had a compassion for characters in novels - the sense that they are, whatever they might think, living in a world that…

— John Crowley

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

— Arnold Bennett

“To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being.”

— Tom Hiddleston

Compassion is the belief that things might improve, and even when there's little, if anything, to sustain and engender that belief. It's the place…

— Jack Driscoll

“genuine compassion makes people feel good, but it doesn’t tolerate total despair or hopelessness, let alone complicity.”

— Erik Valeur

I'm very interested in compassion - compassion for oneself and others. I write about very complicated characters and experiences and try to do it…

— A.M. Homes

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful.”

— Douglas Bond

“How does one develop compassion for someone with a completely different set of values without reading something from their point of view? Books are…

— Jennifer Steil

“The serious writer has always taken the flaw in human nature for his starting point, usually the flaw in an otherwise admirable character. Drama…

— Flannery O'Connor

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.”

— Allan Lokos

“Compassion: a robust dance between grace and wisdom.”

— Soul Dancer