Advocate For Empathy Pillows

"Tracy could be a good little poet someday if she'd lose some weight."

"I suggest you take an Empathy pill every day."

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"Be kind"

"Just don’t tell the other vultures. I’ll never hear the end of it."

Prejudice/Empathy

Protect Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

'I get the feeling you're wagging your tale on the outside and crying on the inside.'

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

"Objection, your honor, my client's feelings are being hurt."

Can't even hold signs well.

"Now that I've swung back to depression, I'm truly sorry for what I did when I was manic."

"I feel your pain level."

The Female Brain and The Other One

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

"I don't leave home without it!"

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

Spoiler alert: most of my presentation is actually a series of trigger warnings.

Tangled Earphones Support Group.

"I know. I miss him, too."

"We're not laughing at you, sweetie. We're laughing at something you don't understand."

'Adam seems depressed - He needs camaraderie or something.'

"I'm not asking for a raise. All I'm asking for is a little warmth and human understanding."

Refugee Crisis

'Do you want to reschedule? Normally he has a magnetic personality, but today he seems to have reversed polarity.'

"...Everyone you meet on the way up, you'll meet again on the way down."

"Cops don't get me. Sure, they got me – but they'll ever get me."

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

"Matt, you look like you just saw a ghost who fired you!"

Please Give

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

'Sharing is saying you're my friend, without having to say 'you're my friend'.'

"If you think this is bad, you should see what they do to themselves"