If you happen to hold that human consciousness is no more than the epiphenomenon, or secretion, of our individual brains then you are more or less trapped in your own skull. But if consciousness is open, if it can partake in a more global form of being, if it can merge with the natural world and with other beings, then, indeed, it may be possible to drop, for a time, the constraints of one's personal worldview and see reality through the eyes of others.

Loving my son, building my son, touching my son, playing with my son, being with my son_ these aren__ tasks that only super dads can perform. These are tasks that every dad should perform. Always. Without fail.

Empathy was written from many male and female points of view because each character reacts differently to the emotional fallout from one binding circumstance

Freeze when you are angry: your brain needs time to cleanse the anger!

Keep cool. Anger is not an argument.

The most terrifying part was that the evil dwelling in those eyes could've gone unnoticed by many.