Quotes About Connection

I had the feeling I'd just found something I didn't even know I'd lost. We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds, until I said: "Don't swear off all fruit just because you ate one bad apple.

You're the world's muse, Trixie." "I just want to be your muse." "Done.

Happiness is elusive, for sure.But like love, and music, I believe in it because I can feel it.

Because while a book, a painting, a song, a piece of pottery, a tree can outlive us, none of those things will exist forever. But love is an energy. It's infinite.

Trying to describe how I felt watching her dance around and sing would be like trying to build a skyscraper with my bare bands. It made me want to marry her. Made me want to buy her a magic airplane and fly her away to a place where nothing bad could ever happen. Made me want to pour rubber cement all over my chest and then lay down on top of her so that we'd be stuck together, and so it would hurt like ell if we eer tried to tear ourselves apart.

I always felt like that myself, that I didn't marry into the landscape of the human world like others did

What do you say we mark this day—the day we met—by buying each other a record? Something we think reflects our perceptions of each other.

I have dinner with you at least three times a week. You think now that you've licked ice cream from my belly button that's going to stop?

Maybe that was the key to getting rid of the loneliness, I thought. Treating love as entertainment, not salvation.

Gravity is Earth's way of keeping our spirits on the ground.

Jacob was the only person I'd ever met, besides myself, who believed music was a cosmic language that spoke directly to our souls—to ease our pain, and to remind us we weren't alone.

Happiness is elusive, for sure.But lime love, and music, I believe in it because I can feel it.

Made me want to pour rubber cement all over my chest and then lay down on top of her so that we'd be stuck together, and so it would hurt like hell if we ever tried to tear ourselves apart.

She smiled at him in the way you would smile at someone if they'd saved your life.

Remember this moment, my friend the tape recorder. Lying next to Eliza, I had the feeling I'd just found something I didn't even know I'd lost.

Lying next to Eliza, I had the feeling I'd just found something I didn't even know I'd lost. We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds, until I said: "Don't swear off all fruit just because you ate one bad apple.

Doug cleared his throat and said, "Bonnie Raitt once told me coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.

If your intentions are pure I'm seeking a friend for the end of the world

I need you. I need to hear your voice." I pressed the delete button.

Call me now it's all right It's just the end of the world You need a friend in the world 'Cause you can't hide So call and I'll get right back If your intentions are pure I'm seeking a friend for the end of the world

But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie. Like a benevolent god, a good song will never let you down.

the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie.

Maybe that was the key to getting rid of the loneliness, I thought. Treating love as entertainment, not as salvation.

But everyone falls in love with Holden Caulfield when they're sixteen. They read The Catcher in the Rye and don't feel so alone. The problem is, they get over it. They forget that grief. Or they bury it. I never could.