King Dork - Pg 26

   For a moment, I felt a surge of--what? I don't know the word for it. It's like when you feel lonely, but for someone else. I don't know how to say it. Like you feel sorry for yourself, but it's somebody else's situation that makes you feel like that. Not feeling sorry for someone in the usual condescending way, like when you feel bad if you run over an animal or when a midget can't reach a shelf. More like you suddenly find yourself pretending to be the other person without meaning to, and feeling lonely while playing the role of the person in your head. I guess, well... you could do it with an animal, too.