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“But such was the way with people – they loved the things that made them miserable.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.” — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
“She had seen them in turmoil all round her--love, hatred, vengeance, treachery--she herself practically the pivot around which they raged. Out of the deadly… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“As usual in the very young, she marveled that people could be so selfishly oblivious to her pain and the world rock along just… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“She realized now that there was no good or bad, no right or wrong, just people fighting for their lives. Wonderful people, who lived… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Then she thought of how life could still be happy, and how tormentingly she loved and hated him, and how terribly her heart was… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“People made her tired. The way they were easy with one another, the way they seemed so natural, only made her sad.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“It was a way of hers always to want to spring into any fray in which someone was made uncomfortable or unhappy.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In the joy of her gratified desires she wanted to make everybody about her happy. If only everyone would do as she wished she… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Heartache, to her, coursed through everything--which was as it should be, since people needed it to make them kind.” — Rebecca Barry Copy Share Image
“In the story of the blind men and the elephant, what’s usually ignored is the fact that each man’s description was correct. What Faye… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“There are some mysteries of the universe that ought to remain mysteries.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“He’s like the most dangerous species of American there is: heterosexual white male who didn’t get what he wanted.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“Whereas if you choose to see people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because eventually, if you dig deep enough into anybody, if you really look under the hood of someone’s life, you will find something familiar. This is more work, of course, than believing they are enemies. Understanding is… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“But such was the way with people – they loved the things that made them miserable.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is the actual corporeal feeling of someone else's emotions, so that it's experienced not only in the brain but also in the body, the body vibrating like a tuning fork to the sadness and suffering of another, as in,… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“I saw the northern lights once. In upper Alberta. I booked a trip with this outfit called See the Northern Lights! I had wanted the northern lights to fill me with wonder. And they did. They filled me with wonder. Which was a big letdown because they exactly matched my expectations of them. They did exactly what I'd paid for.… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“A dormitory was a hopeless idea. Whoever thought of encasing two hundred girls in a concrete box?” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“There is not one true self hidden by many false ones. Rather, there is one true self hidden by many other true ones” — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“Everyone loves a prodigy [...]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
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