Quotes About Connection

She existed, one might say, only in him and for him." Miss Williams paused a minute and then said quietly: "That, I think, is the justification for what she eventually did.

Yes, yes, I know that. But why did you fall in love with him? What attracted you to him so much?" She crinkled her eyes as though trying to see through the eyes of a girl now dead.

Two people who have suffered unhappiness have a great bond in common.

Une qui aime et un qui se laisse aimer.

They exchanged a quick smile - a brief recognition of the fact that each was glad of the other's presence

It is my experience that no one, in the course of conversation, can fail to give themselves away sooner or later…Everyone has an irresistible urge to talk about themselves.

[T]hen I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

I sat there and my love to him poured out more and more, and, lo, he flew down to a stump, and then to my knee. I knew beyond a shadow of doubt that the important thing is the love that goes out from oneself.

Happiness is being on the beam with life--to feel the pull of life.

143Happiness is being on the beam with life--to feel the pull of life.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

We cannot really love anybody without whom we never laugh.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

If we are to heal the planet, we must begin by healing birthing.

As we practice the work of forgiveness we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one.

I want you so badly. It certainly is a new sensation for me. I never pined for anybody before in my life. In every book I read, I seem to find a parallel to you and men

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

Over time I learned that objects and animals are true friends. In the forest I was surrounded by trees, bushes, birds, and small animals. I was not afraid of them. I was sure that they would do nothing harmful to me. I became familiar with cows and with horses, and they provided me with a warmth that has remained with me to this very day. Sometimes it seemed to me that what saved me were the animals I encountered along the way, not the human beings.

Can love grow infinitely? each day I feel my love for him push its roots into my soul. I rest in his arms, so close that I can feel his heartbeat as though it were my own,and I wonder that just four short months ago I did not even know him.

He loves her. Circumstances and considerations - what are those? The whole world recedes and there is room for only one thought: he loves her. She had not misunderstood him. She is not an eccentric and a burden. He has been thinking of her as she has of him. Above her bed the broad fins whirl gently; the night will pass and the morning will come and he loves her.

It's good that I should have to come some way to meet you.

The face of all the world is changed, I think Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How much is our life governed by the lives and past actions of others?