3 quotes about Insensitivity

It's what you do, unthinking, that makes the quick tear start; The tear may be forgotten -- but the hurt stays in the heart.

Higginson, Ella

We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.

Melville, Herman

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.

Welles, Orson