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The Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy

Quotation / By Mary Daniels Brown / December 15, 2022 / Jane Smiley

“There’s a difference between empathy and sympathy. Sympathy is when you feel an alignment with a particular character. Empathy is when you see things from that character’s point of view. Larry Cook [the Lear-like father in A Thousand Acres] is someone I don’t have any sympathy for, but I needed to have empathy in order […]

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