Emotional intelligence Quote by Kelly Luce

“Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy.

— Jennifer Haigh

“Good fiction can help us to expand our circle of empathy to include people unlike ourselves.- R' Eitan Levy”

— Eitan Levy

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic…

— Ann Patchett

Writing fiction is an act of imaginative empathy.

— Andrew Sean Greer

“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes.…

— Neil Gaiman

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Ann Patchett about the lack of a fiction Pulitzer winner this year. "Let me underscore the obvious here: Reading fiction is important. It is…

— Lynne Marshall

“Sometimes, when I read, it's not just fiction while I'm between the pages. It’s real. My heart races when they kiss, and I get…

— Emma Hart

Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“One of the great gifts of fiction is that it asks us to stretch our empathy.”

— Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic…

— Ann Patchett