Quotes About Connection

Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them.

The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didn't really know the person well.

I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.

The person with true humility does not see himself as a lone fighter. People with humility see themselves as part of something bigger.

Look, people are attracted to other people for all sorts of reasons, and there's no right or wrong way to be attracted.

Every work of art is a request for love and attention.

A hug is like a boomerang--you get it back right away.

Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

It's useless to lecture a human.

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while.

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Self-consciousness kills communication.

As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.

To me, understanding people and their lives is what travel is about, no matter where you go.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.

Life minus love equals zero.

them, the Beatles, and they would remain my true love, musically at least, for the rest of my life.

I'd rather be no where without her than somewhere without her

I'd rather be nowhere with her then somewhere without her.

Wake up with one mind, my friends, and kindle the fire, you many who share the same nest. Make your thoughts harmonious stretch them on the loom make a ship whose oars will carry us across.

If a person is missing someone for a very long time, he can imagine seeing the one that he misses.

And the reason we were laughing so much was—honestly you're going to love this, we [fill in amusing and heart-warming anecdote here].)