Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and You Too!

by Chelsea Handler

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. —GLORIA STEINEM

The contrast in decency between Barack Obama and Donald Trump was too much for me to bear—like electing Snooki to the Senate.

“Empathy and sympathy? What’s the distinction, again?” “Sympathy is feeling bad for someone or for their situation. Sympathy is more like pity. Empathy is imagining what it’s like to be in that person’s shoes. Thinking about what it feels like to be another person and the understanding that their experiences and outlooks may have been unlike your own. Actually, thinking about what it’s like to be them.”