Compassion Quote by Kristin Cashore

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.

— Kristin Cashore

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

— Jack London

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

— Francis Quarles

She was beautiful - but especially she was without mercy.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

...humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own.

— Stephenie Meyer

She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that…

— Ted Dekker

They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

— Joseph Heller

She didn’t understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others…

— Liane Moriarty

“It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be…

— Frank Herbert

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.

— Anonymous

“Mercy but murders pardoning those who kill.”

— William Shakespeare

Mercy will get you killed, but sometimes it's all that makes us human.

— Laurell K. Hamilton