“I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.”
"Telling stories to my children that I was, in my turn, told by my parents and grandparents makes me feel part of something special and odd, part of the continuous stream of life itself."
- Neil Gaiman
Love
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up."
- Neil Gaiman
Love
"Everybody is going to be dead one day, just give them time."
- Neil Gaiman
Awareness
"Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism."
- Neil Gaiman
Balance
"By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run, and the world would wake into itself again."
- Neil Gaiman
Hope
"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."
- Nagato
Empathy
"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."
- Simon Sinek
Empathy
"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."
- Liz Wiseman
Empathy
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."
- Romans 15:5
Empathy
"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Empathy