“Do you know what it is?' [Toby] said thoughtfully. 'It's that they haven't had anything really awful happen to them. No wonder they seem so superficial and unfeeling.' It was certainly an interesting theory, ... [but] surely one didn't need to have suffered in order to possess empathy for those who had? All it required was a bit of imagination and a well-stocked library.” SufferingReadingBooksEmpathy Book:The FitzOsbornes in Exile Source: The FitzOsbornes in Exile
“She seemed to think reading was some sort of hobby, as opposed to being as necessary as breathing, sleeping, and eating.” Reading Book:The FitzOsbornes at War Source: The FitzOsbornes at War