Quotes About Connection

You have to know sadness . . . because sadness is duty . . .because if you know sadness, you understand sadness in others, and if you can understand sadness in others, you're obligated to help.

That small act of noticing him when no one else did. That brief act of caring. Just one person seeing another's struggle and bringing them to their feet again. It was the difference between a cold world of being forever apart and a world where one could feel bound to another. Obligated to kindness.

Those who smile with their eyes are surely the most likeable of people.

She clicked on Mae's life preserver.

A secret between two friends, Mae, is an ocean. It's wide and deep and we lose ourselves in it.

should strive to have a mix of these four types of activities at some point during your daily and weekly routines: 1. Physical Activity 2. Mental Stimulation 3. Social Interaction 4. Fulfillment

And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.

Deep down, I knew the importance of an intact family. I think we all do.

But you have so much in common. You're both from strange little backwater planets. You both have odd powers. You're male and she's female. What more do you need? Believe me, buddy, if I were you, I'd go right up there and ask her if she wants to ride on my rancor.

There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.

What should I get from books?" Alcide asked in French. That you are not alone — even along this broken tractor road. You need to know nothing else," my father answered in French.

Lo que importa no es lo que tenemos en la vida, sino a quién tenemos en la vida. —J. M. LAURENCE

To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect. —Peter F.

To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect. —Peter F. Drucker

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We thought a little longer, and in the end we simply called her Joy.

The letters make words and words make us.

It's called evolution. You must know that. Yes, we are.' She looked up from her book. 'I would hope, though,' she went on, 'that we also have some rather more beautiful ancestors. Don't you?' --Mina

You're my best boy. Whatever happens, you'll always be my best boy.

You're so beautiful, Ella,' I told her. I tried to tell her more, but the words I had were not enough and the sounds came out as useless gasps and murmurs. I just held her close, closer. I ached to protect her from all darkness, all pain, and all death.

She bookmarked my texts, my notes, my scribblings. She walked through my thoughts, waded through my dreams.

If your money is not helping you make your life better, then something is wrong. Chances are you're not making a connection between your values and the role obey plays in your life.

It's amazing to me that so many of us can be with our partners for years, sometimes decades, and not know their most deeply held values. The fact is, there's just about nothing that can have more of an impact on a relationship than knowing what is really important to you and your partner.

See, that why I ain't go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want'a talk to God, well I say, 'howdy-howdy, God,' and we jaw fer a bit.' - Jimmy 'Diamond' Skinner