Quotes About Connection

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

Our longing for community seems to be a part of the image of the One Who made us, a part of the divine image whispered into us when we were whispered into being in the first place.

Writing is hard enough. Writing can be doubly hard when one tries to write to some unseen, unknown crowd of folks in Peoria or any other spot on the planet.

Personal prayer does not dispense us from corporate prayer. The one sustains the other.

You listen to me, Annie Woods. The one word that's forbidden when we're in bed is 'no.'" She

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

I am proud only of those days that pass in undivided tenderness.

I'm breathing . . . are you breathing too? It's nice, isn't it?

The irresistible attraction of pets is that their love can be earned

To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.

Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.

Overheard at a gravesite: "And they all said 'I'm sorry for your loss,' as if you were someone who could ever be taken from me."

Say what you want about aging, it's still the only way to have old friends.

Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is a winding path walked arm in arm.

I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous.

A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, "I love you."

A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.

Once a man has won a woman's love, the love is his forever. He can only lose the woman.

When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.

Be thoughtful of others and you will not be shy, for they are incompatible addictions.

In the end, no thought is unthinkable, no problem unshrinkable, no two strangers unlinkable.