"I think it's easy to mistake understanding for……" — Thomas Harris
"I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing up. It's hard and ugly to know somebody can understand you without even liking you."
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75 Quotes by Thomas Harris
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God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.
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You cant reduce me to a set of influences.
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Before Me you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great Becoming and you recognize nothing.…
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