Compassion Quote by Donna Tartt

“She was no longer wresting with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in…

— George Eliot

“Her grief was dignified and hidden, as is most grief, which is partly why there is always so much of it to go around.”

— Kevin Powers

“I looked and looked at her, and knew as clearly as I know I am to die, that I loved her more than anything…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“His eyes looked sad and cautious.  I recognized the grief, but there seemed to be more to it, a depth beyond what even I…

— Tyra Lynn

“She gave me peace just by looking at her, which might explain why I looked at her for too long, and with too much…

— Matt Haig

“She was my friend and I loved her and relied on her, even though there were days when her moodiness and fragility frightened me,…

— Julie Metz

“...what she had been waiting to see on someone else's face was not empathy but the companionship of unmitigated suffering...”

— Sara Foster

“She is staring at me wide-eyed, willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the…

— Lauren Oliver

“She was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. It was not despair; but it seemed to her like life…

— Kate Chopin

“She could only hope they could read the depth of sorrow in her face, to recognize that it was true, and not fleeting.”

— Markus Zusak

“In his frosty blue eyes, she saw the reflection of compassion, understanding, and a sense of forgiveness. A gaze that she was not at…

— Kristina Stangl

“Her gaze was direct, full of a sadness so raw and crystallized that I could see the shape of it.”

— Brenna Yovanoff