Quotes About Connection

Two things, Bick," Kaiyo screeched back at me. "One—where have you been all my life? Two—can you please go back there? Pronto?" Storm rolled her eyes at that one.

Nursing, I realize, isn't just about medicine. It's also about making---and preserving--- that human connection.

She can hear me?" "She probably can. I think so." I put his hand on Nana's and my hand on top of his. "Go ahead." "Hi, Nana!" he said as if Nana were hard of hearing, and it was difficult not to laugh. "Inside-the-house voice, buddy," Bree said. "But good enthusiasm there. I'll bet Nana heard you.

You meet a lot of people in your lifetime, many of whom will have an immeasurable impact on you. Then there are those who literally change who you are. You can generally count those people on one hand.

You know hoe most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be with you.

Stop talking and let me just tell you how great it is to wake up staring at your face. Okay?

we were just jagged puzzle pieces that made no sense alone, but together we fit perfectly.

I reached out and we held hands. "Thank you, for the way you look," I said. "You look so beautiful." "I did it just for you." Jezzie smiled. "And I'd like to do something else for you. I'd like you to do something for me, too." And so we did one another.

I loved her so much, and) I can't begin to explain how lucky it is to find someone you can love that much and who, miracle of miracles, loves you that much back.

up the envelope flap. She finally hung up

As we held a hug for a few seconds, I felt the missing Brian like a physical pain. It made me think about a verse from Matthew. I could just get it roughly right in my head. "If a shepherd cares for one hundred sheep and one wanders off, will he not leave the other ninety-nine to look for that one?" Now that verse made more sense than ever before.

No matter the temperature, home is always colder when there's no family to share it with.

maybe because his need for love is so great. And maybe that's where his empathy and compassion come from.

from the nearby New York City boroughs

They are almost directly above him. He closes his eyes and listens to their laughter upstairs. They are in love, he thinks, or at least they sound like it. His heart is pounding. He is here, and they don't know it. That is special all by itself—they think they're sharing something intimate, but he gets to be a part of it.

MRE. "Any you guys wanna take a moonlit stroll?

I'd like to talk to him, too. Name is Sid

I don't mean like him, honey. I mean you really like him. Whad'ya want me to do? Break out in a chorus of 'don't he make my brown eyes blue'?

youngest daughter.

Jacobi called Lindsay on his Nextel.

Love means you can never be apart.

anything." She steps toward me. "I want to know what you

each other and laughed.

friends are the family we choose.