Emily Giffin Quotes

I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached. She needed to have someone who understood what was happening in her mind.

Love is to understand, at last, the suffering of another.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.

I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.

I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors.

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.

There are many doors to the heart.

I wanted to get people to feel where I'm coming from and connect with people who are feeling the same way that I am.

Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if it's just for a moment.

To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.

She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days.

Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.

Love is a secret society, a community for two.

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.

She is sighing deeply now with sympathy and delight - the delight of an addict when someone else admits he's hooked, too.

I used to think that's what love was: knowing someone so well he was like a part of you.