Quotes About Connection

Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who lived through this, even a little bit, they carry it inside. The contemporary isn't just what you can see now.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

I've always felt like I belonged, and you need affirmation every now and then.

When a girl sends me 100 pictures, I have to send something back every now and then.

I keep in touch with all the guys that I was training with in Chicago during the pre-draft process; Nik Stauskas, Mitch McGary, Adrien Payne, and Dougie McDermott. We all got pretty close training together and we just keep tabs every now and then.

You know, everyone needs somebody to talk for them every now and then.

When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

I think nowadays it's very important to re-connect with ourselves and our roots.

Growing older, boundaries between the artist and the listener are something that nowadays should be completely demolished.

Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.

When I grew up, I grew up in the middle of nowhere. I wasn't really able to have access to people other than like, my family, so being able to just have that access to people and technology to really change the world is incredible.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before.

People intuitively realize that there is strength in numbers and take comfort in the company of others, especially in times of anxiety or need.

Our knowledge and all of our ideas are mutually connected; the more complicated they are, the more numerous must be the roads that lead to them and depart from them.

I have English family in Northhampton and have been to England numerous times.

All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch.

We do believe that your home can make your life easier, but there needs to be something that wells you up inside - whether it's that you can see your family growing and expanding, and it has the perfect nursery, or maybe that you want to be that neighborhood hub where all the kids in the community come over, and they can play.

I love nursing my babies. It's such a special bond for me.

We all have to consciously make efforts to identify our roots and nurture them.

Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers and there are times when we need to be nurtured.

Food and love are all intertwined at our core level. It can be a very nurturing, wonderful, loving thing.