About Quote by Terry McMillan

Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately taught me…

— Gianna Simone

And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.

— Meghan O'Rourke

I was fortunate that by the time I was born, there were a lot of comforts and at the same time I lived in…

— Grace Paley

I am affected by my own personal experience.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

My journey has mainly been driven by empathy towards people who I thought were suffering.

— Sonam Wangchuk

I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that…

— Zainab Salbi

I had grown up at a time when people were being lynched, being attacked with water hoses. Becoming active and learning a different way…

— Assata Shakur

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced…

— Adrien Brody

Sometimes people have sympathized with me because long years of my life were spent in jail and in exile. Well, those years ... were…

— Sukarno

I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My…

— Clarence Darrow

I am always aware that I've had a special and privileged life, yet it has been balanced by tragedy as it has been for…

— Lee Radziwill

I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the…

— Michael Chabon