Quotes About Connection

He not only had the gift of "reading" men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.

In April 1855 my great-granduncle Alexander Carter Jr. and his younger brother,

We hope so much that you will be able to come and have tea with us on Wednesday, as we would be much disappointed not to see you. Yours sincerely,

In addition, I feel a personal connection. In April 1855 my great-granduncle Alexander Carter Jr. and his younger brother, Thomas Marion Carter, left their home in Scioto County, Ohio, and headed west.

Do you believe that people can see your human imperfections and still love you? How would you be different if you knew the people who care about you would never leave you or stop loving you — no matter what?

Later, Elizabeth revealed to me (and several of her friends) how much safer she felt when I had my feelings. She was able to hear that I was upset about the car but that I didn't think she was bad, and I wasn't going to abandon her. The fact that I had such intensity about not letting her push me away actually made her feel secure and loved. As a result, she felt safe to stay connected to me and hear my feelings about the car.

Nice Guys have a difficult time comprehending that in general, people are not drawn to perfection in others. People are drawn to shared interests, shared problems, and an individual's life energy.

It is actually a person's rough edges and human imperfections that give others something to connect with.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

My cat speaks sign language with her tail.

At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands in front of the camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are. We never accomplish this perfectly, though in return we are given something perfect - a sense of inclusion. Our subject thus redefines us, and is part of the biography by which we want to be known.

all night he talks and holds me, all night he loves me slow and careful.

But there's one problem that you have to solve if you're to go on profiting from books, and books won't help you much to solve it [,,,] The problem of finding someone, even one single person, you can endure life with. To me it's acute.

She put her arms round him and kissed him. The kiss remained always with him, an agony in the mind: for then the two of them at last met and recognised one another. Later he supposed that this was indeed a moment's perfect happiness for him; but at the time the thought did not occur. Everything but the sea was dark and quiet and timeless. Thought and feeling had stopped and they were immortal. The moment was immortal.

Watching gardeners label their plants I vow with all beings to practice the old horticulture and let plants identify me.

Vocabulary ?????? hajimemashite nice to meet you

Example sentence ????????????????????? Konnichiwa, hajimemashite, watashi wa Jon desu. Hello. Nice to meet you. I am John.

Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

Of all the people I've ever met; you're one of them!

For somehow your predecessors are more yourself than you are.