Quotes About Connection

The Psalms put us in touch with our deepest emotions.

We can't read the Psalms without an emotional response.

I can't say for sure, because I have no experience, but -- well, is this what family is like? The feeling that everyone's connected, that with one piece missing the whole thing's broken?

You know what i like about buttons? They're very small things that hold bigger things together. Awfully important, buttons - little but strong.

There was a unique pleasure in knowing a friend so well, Reynie reflected, rather like sharing a secret code.

But special people tend to go and do special things," he continued, "and one must accept it as best one can. Whenever I miss old friends, I remind myself that this very act makes them a part of my life. We may be separated by time and distance, and very often by the lack of hours to write each other proper letters, but we remain friends, and I remain grateful.

Kate laid her hand against his cheek. "Why do you keep doing this? Why do you keep getting hurt?" "Bad habit," Milligan mumbled.

For it is a curious fact about secret meetings that a bond almost always forms among the participants, a bond that can feel both mysterious and powerful.

Sorry it took me so long, Katie-Cat," said her father.

Mom" didn't feel quite right , Reynie decided. Why not use the Tamil word? He'd heard her refer to her own mother as "Amma," but whether this meant "mom" or "mother," he wasn't sure. Reynie felt a flutter of happy anticipation.

if nothing else comes of this, at least you're making friends. That's more than you had yesterday.

You know what I like about buttons?" he said, taking the button from Constance and gazing at it admiringly. "They're very small things that hold bigger things together. Awfully important, buttons — little but strong.

Strange as it might seem, it made Reuben feel closer to his mom, and he was sure she felt the same way, though they'd never discussed it. Talking about it might ruin the effect.

You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.

Sign of the twin," Sticky said offhandedly. His eyes widened. "Wait a minute!" "That's right," said Reynie. "I think Mr. Benedict has a long lost brother.

about parataxis and hypotaxis (they either had something

You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone's connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing's broken?

The rope connecting two men on a mountain is more than nylon protection; it is an organic thing that transmits subtle messages of intent and disposition from man to man; it is an extension of the tactile senses, a psychological bond, a wire along which currents of communication flow.

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

Ultimately, in animism we end up with the idea that it's not so much that everything has a spirit, but that everything is a spirit, and some spirits have physical forms while others don't.

path that chose me (no one chooses shamanism – shamanism tends to choose us!).

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.