Quotes About Attachment

L.M. Montgomery

In his arms he carried Anne, whose head lay limply against his shoulder. At that moment Marilla had a revelation. In the sudden stab of fear that pierced to her very heart she realized what Anne had come to mean to her. She would have admitted that she liked Anne — nay, that she was very fond of Anne. But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne was dearer to her than anything on earth.

Tenía la incómoda sensación de que era algo pecaminoso entregar el corazón con tanta intensidad a una criatura humana y quizá se había sometido a una especie de penitencia inconsciente siendo más estricta y crítica con aquella niña.

many bitter tears when she parted with Maywater chums and the old manse there where her mother had lived and died. She could not contemplate calmly the thought of such another and harder wrench. She COULDN'T leave Glen St. Mary and dear Rainbow Valley and that delicious

In that moment Marilla had a revelation. In the sudden stab of fear that pierced to her very heart she realized what Anne had come to mean to her. She would have admitted that she liked Anne - nay, that she was very fond of Anne. But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne was dearer to her than anything on earth.

I, Leo Chao, would rather be dead than stop eating pig. I will be ash and bone chunks in a little urn before I don't eat juicy pig.

Young things mainly belong to themselves. How they grow up depends on who gets attached to them.

Once started, love couldn't easily be stopped.

With Call suddenly determined to leave that very day, Augustus found himself regretful, nostalgic already for things he hadn't particularly cared for but hated to think of losing.

Does he know he's your son?" "I suppose he does—I give him my horse," Call said, feeling that it was hell to have her, of all women, talk to him about the matter. "Your horse but not your name?" Clara said. "You haven't even given him your name?" "I put more value on the horse," Call said

I ain't sick, Gus, Lippy said, a little embarrassed by his tears. Soon he felt a little better. Lonesome Dove was hidden—he could barely see the top of the little church house across the chaparral flats. It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it? he said. You never do know when you'll get back.

Rip. "Velcro.

Reading has been very different for me ever since, much lighter, with less attachment.

This process—of appropriating everything as me or mine—is constantly going on and has as its whole basis the existence of a self.

It is unintelligent to try to hold on to things, to freeze them, when we can't.

But men can forget. If too much time goes by, they can forget what they have. How much they want what they have.

Someone's affection would give someone else freedom.

He never understood that I wasn't scared of someone leaving me. I was scared that the wrong person would stay.

He never understood that I wasn't scared of someone leaving me. I was scared the wrong person would stay.

He never understood that I wasn't scared of some one leaving me. I was scared that the wrong person would stay.

I wasn't scared of someone leaving me. I was scared that the wrong person would stay.

I wasn't scared of someone leaving me. I was scared that the wrong person would stay.

Tita se alejó rápidamente, dejando a John completamente desconcertado. Ella también lo estaba, pero se recuperó de inmediato al sentir en sus brazos a Roberto. Qué le importaba su destino mientras pudiera tener cerca a ese niño, que era más suyo que de nadie

La vida sería mucho más agradable si uno pudiera llevarse a donde quiera que fuera los sabores y los olores de la casa materna.