Quotes About Connection

I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

You can only offend me if you mean something to me.

'Ohana means family — no one gets left behind, and no one is ever forgotten.

We need to take time to connect with the poor, resist our unceasing cravings, and pray. But we also need to gather with friends and family, share in God's good provision, eat delicious food, tell stories that encourage us all, and celebrate the risen Lord.

So much lies in our communications with one another--even the most fleeting and careless of insults can wound us, so you can imagine that if you feel a physical response to a passing curse from a stranger on the highway, pronouncements of failure and worthlessness from a parent or loved one will strike sharply deep within you.

Establish rituals. Develop your own unique rituals. In my home, we collect all of the photos friends send to us as Christmas cards in a special prayer box, and every night we take out one photo and pray for that family.

All of us have an earthly father whose image we carry buried deep inside, an image that manifests itself in ways unrecognizable to us but nevertheless professes the touch of another human being.

If you didn't cry in season four's episode 'The Constant,' something is wrong with you; you were either distracted or, worse, it is possible you have no soul.

In a world filled with greed and fear, good food connects us to the earth and our Creator.

I mean, if all we are is bundles of energy... what is a 'hug' anyway?... and how can we ever really touch each other?

P]eople, who seek the companionship of like minds and bodies, cannot simply be thrown together and expect to thrive.

Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

She'd never borne children, never been in love. She'd always dreamed of having friends she could call soulmates, but somehow it never happened.

We were all pagans once, before we went to school.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

The truth is, the biggest, hardest dick in the world is useless if you don't know how to eat pussy.

There must be some correlation," he said. "There has to be!

She felt warm and satisfied, but all the questions and uncertainty about the true nature of their connection still lurked there in the background, like wind rattling the windows of a cozy room. It was a long time before she slept.

I'm fairly certain that, because Belly was distracted and wound up linked with you instead of me, my own chemically enhanced ability wasn't strong enough to keep it open single-handedly.

Sex is not trust. Sleep is trust. And trust is difficult for me.

Hey," he replied. "Got a light?" she asked, raising an unlit cigarette to her chapped lips.

Nina," Walter said as she handed him one of the warm boxes. "You are my angel.

Belly?" he called. "Belly, are you here?

It seemed impossible that their first use of that particular blend had evoked such a power empathic connection, and yet this time, Walter was off on his own disconnected trip, unable to even see his friend.