Quotes About Connection

Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.

His fingers slid gently along her ribs. It was only in her imagination that they left a trail of rainbow light.

Though the Ista they thought they loved, she supposed, was an imaginary one, a woman who existed only in their own minds, part icon, part habit. The reflection did not depress her unduly, now that she knew someone who loved the Ista who was real. She fell asleep thinking of him.

But if you want Arra to give you real joy, you have to give it to her first.

What is love but delight in another human being? He delights me daily.

The kiss lasted quite a long time, with his apricot-scented fingers winding pleasurably in her hair. When they paused for breath, she remarked, "I always feared it would take divine intervention to find me a lover . . . I do believe I was right.

She should have called him on the comconsole, but Illyan had been so prompt with his offer. . . . They passed the bare, baking Barrayaran garden, sloping down from the sidewalk. On the far side of the desert expanse, a small, lone figure sat on the curving edge of a raised bed of dirt. "Wait, stop!

The gods have no hands but ours, they say." He held up his fingers and wiggled them.

This is not a date, you idiot," Tej snapped at him. To her annoyance, his smile inexplicably broadened.

Galeni made her smile, but not laugh. The lack of any sense of play between them worried Miles. You had to have a keen sense of humor to do sex and stay sane.

Des said reluctantly at last, Pray to your god. He's the only other one in here besides us. Pen

Do not deny the gods. And they will not deny you.

Because that's what family was all about, in her experience. They pulled together in a crisis; it was just too bad about the rest of the time.

Tej. Will you stay with me for the rest of my life?" At the little jump of the laugh in her chest, his encircling arm tightened, heartened and heartening. He'd intended her to laugh, she guessed. Ivan Xav was good at that, it occurred to her. Making light in dark places.

Across the distance between them, Bree's gaze met Mikkel's, and she did not blink.

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

How will I know if I really even like Drew Ellis? I'm so eager for intimacy, I would date a tree.

Maybe she needs me to be her basket case.

It's been a long time since I've dated, but I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to do a face plant on your suitor's gurney on the first date.

Finding love isn't about finding someone at the right time. It's about finding the right person, regardless of the time.

rushes to my side on the sofa. "Let me give you a massage." He reaches for my shoulders. "No.

There should be a rule for grief groups: forty-watt bulbs only.

You connect everything you can think of with everything else you can think of until there is no "anything" left.