Quotes About Connection

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!

I guess, as a reporter, I always thought that my biggest strength was that I could get anybody to talk to me. I wasn't the best writer, but I could get people to talk to me.

Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the world.

My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.

I've got the best parents you could ever ask for. My parents are from New Jersey, and they met in Vermont in college. My Dad grew up listening to heavy, psychedelic music. He's my biggest fan.

My dad and I are best friends. He's pretty much responsible for the way I turned out. He would provide a little artistic inspiration here and there in the form of a guitar, stuff like that.

I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.

You can only make sense of the online world by going offline and by getting the wisdom and emotional clarity to know how to make the best use of the Internet.

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.

Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister.

The best birthday present I ever got was born 10 minutes before I was.

Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear... But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?

It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just call and say Hey Mama

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

You could hollow out a big pumpkin and wear it on your head for the entire week of your birthday. This will allow you to get in touch with your Halloween emotions.

Child: Why on this night do we eat Hot Fudge Sundaes? Adult: To remind us that being Jewish is like having your birthday every day!! Plus they're delicious!

Everyman and every living being have the same birth day: The birthday of the universe is our real birthday!

I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.

Now Ben Folds is my photography older brother. He was kind enough to give me a photo of his for my 40th birthday.

Tucker: "But she gave me the perfect gift."Clara: "What?"Tucker: "You.

Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.