Quotes About Connection

I couldn't bear to think of my mother loving me but unable to face me, to stare into my eyes, to care for me emotionally, to offer me her face. Like any daughter, as much as I wanted to separate from her, I wanted to be deeply connected to her, I wanted to redeem her, I wanted to protect her. I wanted to love and to understand, in that order.

I started writing everything down.I wrote for the same reason someone lost sticks a message in a bottle. I'm here. Help. Please find me.

I truly missed my parents. I wanted to miss them. It was the only way I could love them, a crazy cocktail of longing and pretending and absence and hope.

As children, we are profoundly loyal to our parents, and to their pain: I wanted to be related to my mom, not ruined by her

It also takes allowing yourself to not take Billy's behavior personally or as disrespect to you as the authority figure. When a child (or adult) is in this state, no one else matters. It is a mindset about protecting the self. A teacher's ability to be "successful" with Billy comes through her ability to connect with him, despite her own internal reactions. Love is about taking the higher road.

I don't only want to be your protector, Autumn. I want to be everything you'll ever need—because that's exactly how you make me feel when I'm with you. Like you give me everything I'll ever want and need.

Friends can never be too early

You need your beauty sleep for tomorrow" she tells us "don't stay up too late talking" We ignore her of course.The whole point of a sleepover is to stay up too late talking.

And as we round the bend toward Ivy Cottage, he tugs my braid just the way he always has ever since I was six, and then he reaches down and takes my hand. Maybe sometimes dreams really do come true.

A community is like a family," she told him, "and every family has a few odd ducks. The important thing to remember is that they're still family.

Friendship is where the best stories begin.

Papa taps on the skylight and I look up. He waves at me and smiles. I smile back. For now, I don't need to know what lies ahead. For now it's enough just to be here, safe aboard the Morning Star with my family and friends. For now, it's enough to be home.

For me, life and books are intertwined, and one is always reminding me of the other.

Jess falls asleep with her head against Darcy's shoulder, and I see Mr. Hawthorne waggle his eyebrows at Mrs. Hawthorne, who smiles over at Mrs. Delaney. I guess I'm not the only one who's noticed what's going on.

Friends are one of life's richest blessings.

I stand there for a moment, resting my head on his chest and breathing him in. I wish I were bold enough to kiss him in public.

Sometimes the spirits speak for you and sometimes the spirits make you speak.

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

But I also want her to know that Mary Ann and I are best friends and have been forever.

Hey, Dad. Mary Ann and I were just about to perform our pieces from the show. Would you and Mom like to watch?" Dad smiles. "We would love it. "Give us five minutes, and we'll meet you in the living room," I tell Dad.

Well, it's no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone your secret. —SpongeBob

Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. —Winnie-the-Pooh

It's important to tell the people you love how much you love them while they can hear you. —Meredith Grey

Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. —Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux