“For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”— Tahereh Mafi, amazon.com
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep lo…”— Elisabeth Kühler-Ross, amazon.com
“Sensitivity takes time, and the culture of writing has sped up in some ways that make me uncomfortable.”— Gemma Sieff, 0s-1s.com
“You must listen to her body. Don’t just recklessly start playing around with something because your last girl liked it. We all have different sensitivity levels and triggers spots.”— Zara Barrie, elitedaily.com
“This is supposed to be an art form, not just a manufacturing establishment. The sensitivity that helps me to act, you see, also makes me react. An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?”— Marilyn Monroe, theguardian.com
“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception.…”— Janet Fitch, amazon.com
“You do care. You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”— J.K. Rowling, amazon.com
“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”— Viktor E. Frankl, amazon.com
“Sensitive souls don’t have it easy in this cruel world. They feel like their souls are getting trampled on in so many ways. That’s why you see their eyes light up when they can caress a face or an animal, or breathe in the scent of a flower.”— Sereno Sky, amazon.com
“I invited Mozart to dinner on condition he didn’t embarrass me. In the middle of the meal he began weeping uncontrollably. “You silly fuck,” I screamed, “what are you doing in this century if you can’t take it?”— Greogry Orr, amazon.ca