Quotes About Attachment

She doesn't realize that she becomes so involved in him that she loses herself, and in the process, she risks losing him as well.

Many women are so gripped with fear over the loss of a man that they think of him constantly.

It doesn't matter where I am; I'm yours.

There existed something in this world that bound a mage tighter than a blood oath: love. Love was the ultimate chain, the ultimate whip, and the ultimate slave driver.

Her jaw dropped. She grabbed him by the shoulders. "I think I have formed an attachment to you. You know, what the English call a desire to have symphonic concerts with someone at all hours of the day?" He smiled. "And I love you too, darling." -Lizzy and Will

I don't put up with your thorns. I like them.

We are psychologically programmed not only to nurture what we love but to love what we nurture.

AIBO permits something different: attachment without responsibility.

Sociable robotics exploits the idea of a robotic body to move people to relate to machines as subjects, as creatures in pain rather than broken objects. That even the most primitive Tamagotchi can inspire these feelings demonstrates that objects cross that line not because of their sophistication but because of the feelings of attachment they evoke.

Technophillia is our natural state: we love our object and follow where they lead.

That even the most primitive Tamagotchi can inspire these feelings demonstrates that objects cross that line not because of their sophistication but because of the feelings of attachment they evoke.

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have.

After all, we do seem attached to sin and there are so many people busy making sin unattractive. It is good to find someone who takes the other road.

The feeling of love remains until we forget about the other. Did you know that? Because we can fall in love alone too.

The feeling of love remains until we forget about the other.

I've all but been your slave for the past three years, Keelie. You just never noticed.

But that's a way to go on loving--a place, or a person. To miss it. In fact, to go away, to put yourself in the state of missing, is sometimes the simplest way to preserve love. [p. 56]

That the real source of all true longing is the human desire to attach ourselves to something infinite.

To the woman in the restaurant today, the doll in her arms was the real child who still lived in her memories.

Within this world of likes and dislikes, we do not perceive the myriad dharmas as they really are.

I mention her name and the old pain returns. Forget her, you say? How can you forget a living human being?

We should not attach to some fancy ideas or to some beautiful things. We should not seek for something good. The truth is always near at hand, within your reach.

Those who are attached only to the result of their effort will not have any chance to appreciate it, because the result will never come.