Quotes About Connection

Do you, like Hector, think of your family above all and weaken your resolve by doing that?

The experience of the world broadens with the reality of other creatures made vivid within it.

U re u re na-nam Gi re gi re na-nam Mu re mu re na-nam

In every one of the villages

It was at that moment that I came to the conclusion that there is some link between plants and loneliness.

Mrs. Leene says I should think about people in the present tense. "It forces you to take responsibility for them," she says.

Man, that's the only kind of book I like – one that's so real you want to find out everything there is to know about the person who wrote it, like how tall he is and what kind of music he likes and whether or not he really went through all the stuff he was writing about.

miss someone is not just word it is more than word it is like when u want ur love to be with u every moment

I'll have to come over,' she told Zurndorfer. 'What – in person?' 'Yes.' Zurndorfer's simface goggled at her. 'I'm sorry to be dense, but, you mean physically shift yourself from over there to … you know. Here?' 'Yes.' 'Well, I say, well of course. I mean. If you think that's necessary. Is that necessary?

Everyone alive in the tenth century who left descendants is the ancestor of every living European today, including Charlemagne, and his children Drogo, Pippin and, of course, not forgetting Hugh. If

The man who indulges us in this natural passion, who invites us into his heart, who, as it were, sets open the gates of his breast to us, seems to exercise a species of hospitality more delightful than any other. No man, who is in ordinary good temper, can fail of pleasing, if he has the courage to utter his real sentiments as he feels them, and because he feels them.

It would be idle to propose that the arrangements made in 1815 caused the terrible cataclysms of the twentieth century. But anyone who attempted to argue that what happened in Russia after 1917, in Italy and Germany in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and in many other parts of central and southern Europe at various other moments of the last century had no connection with them would be exposing themselves to ridicule.

The attitude behind your words is as important as the words themselves.

Sometimes just having someone understand how much you want something makes reality easier to bear. So

It's also not helpful when parents respond with more intensity than the child feels.

Finally, are most of my moments with my child spent asking her to "do things?" Or am I taking out some time to be alone with her—just to "be together"?

The passion and excitement you feel about a child's achievement should be saved for a moment when just the two of you are together. It's too much for the other siblings to have to listen to.

What the two men shared was the knowledge that they were individuals.

Number one: you are not the first and you will certainly not be the last. Number two: remember, it's not about the money—it's about The Chain.

It hadn't been love at first sight, but it was pretty damn close. He was so funny and charming and smart. All the books he'd read. All the stuff he knew.

The most important thing is that The Chain itself continues. Some of the people on it will be richer than others, but more crucial than their wealth is the fact that they have to be clever and discreet enough to add another link and keep the whole thing going. Each individual link in The Chain is precious.

Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.

How her fist fits my palm, A bunch of consolation.

Our days were full of tiny moments like these, when she loved me even when I was not looking. When she saw me even when I felt like I was hiding.