Quotes About Connection

Make No Distinctions

One dies without regret if there is one in the whole world a "bosom friend," or one who "knows his heart.

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as child? Variant: What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

Love is the chain to lock a child to its parent.

If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Why remember? Because remembering honors. Remembering heals. Remembering forgives. Remembering creates appreciation and gratitude — two of the most wondrous salves for your sorrows.

What significant details do you remember about how you met your special animal? Why do you think this animal came into your life at the time he or she did?

Leaving Inishmore' by Michael Longley, from Selected Poems (1998, p.22). What

You came into my life in a way that unmistakably told me to bring you home. But I think we chose each other. This was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Just as you drop body parts, those parts reassemble, and have done so continuously over the history of the earth. People decompose, become dirt, dirt becomes vegetables and fruit, animals and people eat the food that grows from the dirt that was once a body. It is all one big recycling program the earth does.

Because of you. I fell in love with you, Alexis Brown, and I don't want to lose you over a glass of champagne.

Quincy, however, didn't seem ready to lose his new friend. He tucked his head under Ashley's arm, looked up with adoring eyes and licked her on her cheek and neck. His tail wagged so hard, its breeze gave Kristin goose bumps. "He likes me!" The delight in Ashley's voice was unmistakable as she hugged the big canine.

You're here to work with Sandy Page.

And they began to move to the music, quickly learning each other's nuances. They soon danced with fluidity and grace, as though they'd been partners a hundred times before. "You really move well," she said softly. "A natural.

I took love before. It was not until I met you that I gave love.

I tell myself I don't have time, but the truth of the matter is I don't know how to reach out.

with me an instant before

He tips his head at Tomasetti and then he's gone.

Linda Castillo

I was desperate to stop poisoning myself with anger, and to connect with others.