"I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a complete self-delusion and that I didn't really have any comprehension of what it was like to see your entire life go catastrophically wrong in a matter of moments."

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Source : "Decca Aitkenhead on Empathy and Memory". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 15, 2016.

Decca Aitkenhead

#Self Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out.”
“The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.”
“I'm just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.”
“I think your ambition for something changes as you go.”

Source : Source: www.digitalspy.com
“The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.”
“What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship that will cross the sea, we plant the mast to carry the sails, we plant the planks to withstand the gales--the keel, the keelson, and beam and knee--we plant the ship when we plant the tree.”

Source : Henry Abbey, “What Do We Plant?”
“Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.”

Source : "The green room". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2007.
“The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds, but in order to re-animate and revive that which has been; to represent what time and space have placed at a distance from us.”

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