Quotes About Connection

I have been deeply touched by the many telegrams, cables and letters that have come to my bedside. It is wonderful to know that I have so many friends and well-wishers both among those it has been my privilege to meet and among the loyal unknown thousands who have seen me on the screen and whom I have never seen at all.

I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for the book cover, reviews and interviews, readings and radio appearances - all this by simply moving ahead and making contact with folks I thought might enjoy the writing.

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

I'm not a social media person; I don't know what's going on unless somebody tells me.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

Sex is a part of love. You shouldn't go around doing it unless you are in love.

A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.

Unless your politics speak to the people who you want to support you, they're not going to support you.

LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks.

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.

Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.

A women loves you not for the things you do for her, but for the things she does for you.

Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with some one long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family.

I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this show.

When you listen to other women's stories, you begin to understand your own better, and you begin to find ways back through and with each other.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

I don't see Dior as something that could become mine. I see it as a dialogue with the women who wear it. I want to stay connected to them rather than to an abstract brand.

Once women find sisterhood, there's nothing stronger.

I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.

Men date. Women have relationships.

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.