Quotes About Connection

real father, his only father." I was

He descended the ramp, stopped on the sidewalk, and turned to me. "Man, I'm glad you're back." "I'm not back yet," I said, "but I will be.

This was, after all, how some of the best things happened in life—by the mysterious working of synchronicity, incredible coincidence.

The urgent events of this night had perhaps for the first time in his thirty-six years given him a sure connection with others and an awareness of meaning in his life, as well as a sense of purpose beyond mere continued existence—that purpose perceived by everyone yet mysterious, which involved not the body and the world, but the soul.

People are books of a kind, each one a story. Sometimes, with no more than a glance or a gesture or a poignant word, they turn a page for you and reveal a deeper truth about themselves than you've seen before.

She wondered if she might be alone in this disquiet or whether these days other people experienced it as well, and she suspected that all of them knew the feeling whether they would admit it or not.

In the relationship between humanity and dogs, some mutual destiny existed that had not yet been fulfilled.

We Westerners grew up having our most poignant feelings invoked by the I-IV-V chord progression that runs from Bach to pop.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.

Kindness is something that should always be passed on.

It was unnerving. She'd looked at him and had the uncontrollable urge to weep. Thus far she'd managed to control her emotions. Thank God. She didn't even want to imagine what he would think of her if she started weeping for absolutely no reason.

Every human has the capacity to love

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

The minute I set eyes on your mother, I felt this thing happen in my gut, like the flu bug hit me worse than any sickness I've ever had, worse than the bubonic plague." His love analogy could use a little work…

Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.

Just being in his arms was like heaven; it felt like I was coming home.

If kindness can alter two people's attitudes toward each other, just imagine what it could do to change our world, one relationship at a time.

Like anything else, friendship was an investment in time.

This was the sign of a strong friendship, Nichole thought. They were content to be together without having to chat the whole time.

A good friendship—like this one with Hallie—endured. It sustained you during times of crisis. It was there for you during the good times and the bad.

Pastor…" I stood outside, unsure this was the right place. "This is it? Hope Center?" I called him pastor but I thought of him as Drew. That was the way he'd introduced himself to me and it was the name that stuck in my head

Hold that for me.

We all want to be loved, it's a basic human being