“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.”
"Love is friendship on fire."
- Susan Sontag
Love
"It hurts to love. It’s like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin."
- Susan Sontag
Love
"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"A writer is someone who pays attention to the world — a writer is a professional observer."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards
Compassion