Compassion Quote by Lauren Gilley

“Then his father did something horrible. He smiled. Tris had never seen Papa smile. It terrified him, and he screamed and screamed.”

— Rowan Speedwell

“You really don’t like your father, do you?” He glowered. “Let’s just say he would have eaten me if my mother hadn’t been nearly…

— Dave Ferraro

“Damn it, Tod!" He glared in the reaper's general direction. "Do not sneak up on me in my own house--I don't care how dead…

— Rachel Vincent

“We had a short reprieve as Dad cupped Mom’s face and ran his hands down her neck, over her shoulders. “Helena, are you hurt?”…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not…

— Raquel Cepeda

“Earlier, I'd held her papa in one arm and her mama in the other. Each soul was so soft.”

— Markus Zusak

“Uh, Mom… How am I supposed to take your hand, you’re a ghost?” Sumac asked. “Just do it.” Granny Pepper was getting irritated. Sumac…

— Sara Bourgeois

“I looked at the faces around me, wondering what was going to happen to me ... wondering when I would see Father again. "I…

— M.L LeGette

“My father sighed, hiding behind the sad smile that followed him like a shadow all through his life.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Sweetheart, my father and I have put more ghosts in the ground than you can count.”

— Kendare Blake

“My father passed me. He looked briefly at me as you might at a stump or a broken machine or anything that’s specific only…

— China Miéville

“All’s well that ENDS well, eh, Chuck?” his father joked as his mom and little sister giggled. Pale as a ghost, Chuck felt his…

— O. Penn-Coughin