compassion
Sometimes I tell myself, when I’m dealing with annoying adults, to picture the kid there. Because no matter how annoying the kid is, I can feel compassion for him or her.
The Woman Upstairs (New York: Knopf, 2013), 192.
We don’t have to put the word compassionate in front of liberal the way conservatives do to prove that we give a shit about people. I think we should change what we call ourselves. I think we should be ruthless liberals. We need to show that we’re tough, that we really give a shit about people.
“What I’ve Learned: George Clooney,” by Cal Fussman, Esquire, December 31, 2004