Quotes About Attachment

Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one "object" of love. If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to the rest of his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. Yet, most people believe that love is constituted by the object, not by the faculty.

If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

An infant of two or three months will smile at even half a painted dummy face, if that half of the face is fully represented and has at least two clearly defined points or circles for eyes; more the infant does not need, but he will not smile for less. The infant's instinctive smile seems to have exactly that purpose which is its crowning effect, namely, that the adult feels recognized, and in return expresses recognition in the form of loving and providing.

The truth is, I love Firestar now as much as I ever did, and I'll watch over him forever, knowing that he can never be mine. He belongs to Sandstorm and to ThunderClan. But my heart is his, and always will be.

Feathertail... No, don't leave me!

Oh, no! Hollypaw thought. You might be fed up with him, but we don't want him either, thanks.

Fireheart recognized Mistyfoot, Silverstream's best friend. He knew she would love these kits as much as her own. But no cat could feel more strongly for Graystripe than Fireheart had, for four long seasons.

He only wanted to be with her. Why couldn't he simply decide to leave SkyClan?

Yes," he mewed. "It matters very much . . . to me.

Si quiere rechazar la maternidad, ¡qué mejor! Los hijos nos encadenan.

Dejar la tierra. La tierra de uno. Los árboles y avenidas. El olor del cardamomo y los keftes de espinada. Los sonidos de la infancia que todavía se alojan debajo de la cama y en algunas esquinas; los rincones consentidos de casa. La alberca en la que aprendí a nadar. La reja que imaginó mi primer beso. Las calles de mi barrio, tan bien trazadas.

I needed him like I'd never needed anyone.

He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into the warm curve of his neck, and never let go.

What good is a body if I can't have you?

I love you more than I think I should.

Many of us cling to particular vessels, fetishizing over this mug or that plate.

When the flavour of white bread and processed meat are linked in your memory with the warmth and authority of a parent and the camaraderie of siblings, it can feel like a betrayal to stop eating them.

All my life precious people had come and gone and I was learning not to cling to anyone anymore. p273

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.

I never could get close enough to you. In the months we were together, all I wanted was to love you more, to become part of you.

And all she knew was that she was deeply, truly, madly in love with him. Not

Chloe had always loved