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“In a world that often feels overwhelming and isolating, there is no greater kindness than being fully present, truly listening, and making others feel…

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“...it's the sympathy of strangers that's often the most affecting, the words and gestures of people who have no reason to be kind that…

— Rosie Wilde

“There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes matter worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and…

— Nicole Krauss

“In familiar surroundings our manners are cheerful and easy, but only transport us to places where we know no one and no one knows…

— Susanna Clarke

“It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of…

— Claire Messud

“What this world needs is truth, not consolation. It must find itself in its ordeal and by way of its restlessness, not in the…

— Jean-Luc Nancy

“It will all be in vain, to try and look at the world through a small window and hope to comprehend it's complexities. Only…

— Wayne Chirisa

“The whole problem of life is this: how to break out of one's own solitude, how to communicate with others.”

— Cesare Pavese

“We share such a beautiful world. If nothing else, may we always find commonality and conversation on that basis”

— Melanie Charlene

“When no one else is around, we open ourselves to the quieter astonishments that enormity can offer.”

— David Levithan

“The way individuals live together. The truth of each individual is only the truth of his own narrow perspective. The entirety of mankind and…

— Jakob Wassermann

“The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves,…

— Hannah Arendt