Quotes About Attachment

the Buddhist philosophy means by "letting go of attachment." It's similar to the Christian concept, "God's will be done.

If you have a lot of heavy emotions riding on whether you attain your goal (that is, if you will be very upset if you don't get what you want), you will tend to work against yourself. In your fear of not getting what you want, you may actually be energizing the idea of not getting it as much as or more than you are energizing the goal itself.

Our joy will share the fate of the thing we bind it to.

Does it look to you like she's got a 'my precioussss' thing going on with something in that pocket?" I asked him.

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Things are't working out so well, and each time the men in your life dissapoint you, you let Mr. Dary in a little bit more. Perhaps you've come tot he point where you're so attached to the idea of that scoundrel, you wont be satisfied with anything less.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Of course her dumb Lab's going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is companionship.

You. I want you and I don't want to be a luxury. I want you to need me. I want you to not be able to concentrate because you're thinking about me. I want you to reach for your phone because you thought of something you have to share with me. I want you to not even be able to breathe at the thought of never seeing me again, because that's how I feel about you, Paige. I want to be a necessity.

If you don't want to keep him, then pretend he's a book. Enjoy him for two weeks, then return him

We hate suffering, but love it's causes.

That part won't be hard at all; It's easy to love something when you know it's only for a finite amount of time.

how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?

So much had become so connected to him that it seemed to belong to him, so that now, flying, for hours, above the Atlantic still felt like being over his realm.

I think he loved being loved

I said I was tired of loving my mother and father—I was so vain about being able to love them. But who says I love them? If I loved them, I could love myself.

I do not let go of him yet, but hold the string and watch my idea of him pull away and stay, and pull away, my silver kite.

next to some people something walks, like a starveling, sometimes for a lifetime.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

You almost threw it back!' she repeated, and her voice filled with mock horror. 'You foolish boy! Are you always so careless with items of value?' 'No,' he said, abruptly sober. 'I know what matters. And I never throw those things away. I hold on to them as long as I can.

Oh, I think so. Why do we love anybody, after all? Because they have some connection to us. Because they are a part of us. Because their shapes and faces are familiar, and we are not happy if those shapes and faces are missing from our lives.

Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.

India is my country, and in that sense my outrage is personal.