Quotes About Connection

If she could seldom bring herself to touch me and even more seldom look at me directly, she nonetheless made a place for me in her life.

Nevertheless, I gave Gypsy Mummy a quarter, and she presented to us the message that Johnny and his fiancée had hoped to receive: YOU ARE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER.

When it reached him, the dog settled on its belly, then rolled onto its back with all four legs in the air, making itself vulnerable. It gave him a look that was full of love, trust, and a little fear. Crazily

For the first time in three years, Travis Cornell felt needed, felt a deep connection with another living creature. For the first time in three years, he had a reason to live. He

Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice for thousands of years.

she and I seem to be more alike than not, acutely aware of the strangeness of the world and charmed by it's mysteries.

Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.

It's not about the money, it's the kindness, the way it makes the recipient feel special. Life is hard and lonely for many people. If all of us would just make one another feel special now and then—not just with money, but however we can—wouldn't that be lovely?

Friendship does not depend on conversation. Sometimes the most important communication is not mouth to ear, but heart to heart.

Between a man and woman in love, no lie is small or harmless.

She wondered what it was about storytelling that made people want it almost as much as food and water, even more so in bad times than good. Movies had never drawn more patrons than during the Great Depression. Book sales often improved in a recession. The need went beyond a mere desire for entertainment and distraction from one's troubles. It was more profound and mysterious than that.

Regardless of how rough we may appear on the exterior, each of us had a human heart.

He continued to stroke its back and scratch its ears, but after a minute or two he realized he was seeking something from the dog that it could not provide: meaning, purpose, relief from despair.

Some place existed before the universe, exists outside of it now, and will exist when the universe collapses back upon itself. In that mysterious place, outside of time, Stormy waits for me.

she sees through you and knows your truest heart, but loves you anyway, [...]

I understood for the first time why music matters so much, how it reminds us of who we are and where we came from, of all the good times and the sadness, too.

what we perceive to be coincidences are in fact carefully placed tiles in a mosaic pattern the rest of which we can't apprehend.

I knew what love felt like, for I had loved Father and, less powerfully

Embrace the weather, child, and you'll understand the balance of the world.

My wife, who is the linchpin of my life, claims that I have a presence much bigger than my physique. She says that people measure me by the impression I make on them. I find this notion ludicrous. It is bullshit born of love.

She lived to love and to receive love, which is the condition of angels.

Someone who once said, It's not about the money, it's the kindness, the way it makes the recipient feel special. Life is hard and lonely for many people. If all of us would just make one another feel special now and then—not just with money, but however we can—wouldn't that be lovely?

No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog.

Lem searched for the words to convey what he felt. As he found the language to describe what the dog had meant to him, his chest grew tight with emotion.