The Rain Poem By W.h Davies Quotes & Sayings

Batson figured out a clever way to tease apart whether empathy drives us to help because we want to reduce another person's distress or our own distress. If the goal is to reduce our own distress, we should choose whatever course of action makes us feel better. If the goal is to reduce another person's distress, we should help even when it's costly and other courses of action would make us feel good. — Adam M. Grant

Please don't tell him we stole it," Passalos begged. "He isn't nice at all!" "Who is he?" Jason asked. "What god?" "I - I can't say," Passalos stammered. "You'd better," Leo warned. "No," Passalos said miserably. "I mean, I really can't say. I can't pronounce it! Tr - tri - It's too hard!" "Truh," Akmon said. "Tru-toh - Too many syllables! — Rick Riordan

A church without symbols, a church without baptism or communion where only the real things mattered and where the atonement must be as real as the sin itself, where for instance if you broke a playmate's toy in anger you must go home immediately and fetch a toy of your own, of as good or better quality, and give it to that playmate for keeps and then announce your error at Public Amending on Sunday. — Anne Tyler

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! — Robert Browning