Books Quote by George Saunders

A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why.

— Celeste Ng

“Empathy, the way that we can place ourselves, imaginatively, in the position of another person, is at the heart of what we do as…

— Brenda Walker

I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack.…

— John Connolly

“...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011).”

— Mikkel Wallentin Arndis Simonsen Andreas Hojlund Nielsen

“I am a reader. A reader isn’t someone who just likes to read, but someone who feels such a strong attachment to a book…

— Me

I think art, especially literature, has the particular power to immerse the viewer or reader into another world. This is especially powerful in literature,…

— Jesmyn Ward

Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people.

— Barbara Kingsolver

The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy.

— Charles Bock

I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing.

— Toni Morrison

“This paying attention is the foundational act of empathy, of listening, of seeing, of imagining experiences other than one's own, of getting out of…

— Rebecca Solnit

Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.

— Scott Westerfeld

“Reading entails empathy, a sort of “trying on” of being another person for a while.”

— Tat Wood