“Sometimes, in looking at me, her face froze into an expression of pity without a glimmer of compassion. I had often been… — Peter Handke; Ralph Manheim [trans Compassion Copy Share Image
![“Sometimes, in looking at me, her face froze into an expression of pity without a glimmer of compassion. I had often been characterized by someone – a priest, a teacher, a girl, a classmate; but in that silent look of my mother's I felt not only characterized but seen through and condemned [...]…” quote by Peter Handke; Ralph Manheim [trans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75a/peter-handke-ralph-manheim-tra_compassion_sometimes-in-looking-at-me-her-face-froz_332964.jpg)