Art Quote by Arnold Bennett

if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of…

— Carolyn See

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

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

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

“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

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

— Soul Dancer

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Compassion is the love that recognizes and goes forth to identify with the preciousness of all that is lost and broken within ourselves and…

— James Finley

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and…

— William Butler Yeats

A Christian novelist tries to describe the world as it is.

— John Updike

“Compassion is not weakness it's Christ-like”

— Lazarus Takawira