“You must be excessively kind, charitable, and loving to all that you meet, the world has enough villains you must be a hero.”
“Walking down the shore, he approached the child. She turned and looked at him as though surprised he was still there. Taking a step forward, the sole of his shoes getting wet, Stuart crouched to be on her level. Helen couldn’t hear what he said, but he gestured once toward her, and the girl looked up at Helen as he talked. He tried to rest a hand on her shoulder, but Lyric cringed away with her whole body, even taking a step away. Stuart retracted his hand, and from the porch, Helen could see the hurt in his eyes. With that, he tilted his head toward the sea, and the girl didn’t hesitate to run back to the shallow waves.
When he turned, his gaze caught with Helen’s, but both looked away quickly. Too quickly. Helen felt heat creep up her neck as he walked around the side of the house and away.”
Source: The Ocean's Daughter :
“Shh...," He says. "They're not laughing at you. They're laughing at each other, for not knowing something a little boy knew all along." Jacob rubs the boy's cheek. "See? You should have a beard. You know more than all these old men put together.”
Source: The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
“And I realized that, subjectively, the thing I valued above all else I had known since the purge was a kindness I had neither anticipated nor earned.”
“That we do our best. We plant an apple tree today, even if we know the world is going to be destroyed tomorrow. We save those we can.”
Source: Anxious People
“Kindness should be at the core of one’s character. Be kind purely because it is who you are.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“His authority was in fact immense; but he never stood on it. He sat down on it, comfortably, and invited you to sit down with him.”
Source: The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
“I’m not afraid of you,” she said, and the words came out surprisingly steady. His eyebrows arched, slightly, in a silent question. She hesitated, reaching for the words and continued, “I know you said I should be afraid of you. Because the gods aren’t kind.” She tilted her head, and her headband unsteadied in her hair. “Can’t you be the exception?”
“You misunderstood me.” His voice was low, empty; mountains carved into shells. “I’m not unkind because the gods are unkind. It is true enough that they are not kind, not a single one of them, but you must understand that I am the worst of them all.”
Source: The Heartless Divine
“The greatest help you can do to a person, is to help them become self-reliant.”
Source: I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted
“He was always so tensed-up and serious, as if all the softer things had been beaten out of him. His smile was like a bird laying its nest on the side of a jagged cliff; sweetness surviving, enduring everything.”
Source: Hiss