Chris Kraus, in an interview in Tarpaulin Sky:
I’ve never seen compassion as an abstract noun. If you accept that we’re all composed largely of other people we’ve known, then compassion becomes a form of self-love. Compassion, composition. Awkwardness and grace live side by side.
Otohime 
I love this. Thanks for posting Nada. I didn't know this interview was out there.