Quotes About Connection

He had scores to settle with the world, and she, at that moment, was world enough for him.

A married couple never seem so married as when viewed from the back seat of a motor car, talking quietly together in the front. Polly and Marcus might have been in their bedroom already, so soft and intimate their converse sounded to me, as I sat there alertly mute behind the backs of their heads

Tal vez el amor no nace ahí, no en un repentino arrebato de passion, sino en el reconocimiento y la sencilla aceptación de, de algo que no sé qué es

Do not look so worried, Anna said, I hated you too a little, we were human beings, after all.

We understood each other, yes, but that did not mean we knew each other, or wanted to. How would we have maintained that unselfconscious grace that was so important to us both, if we had not also maintained the essential secretness of our inner selves?

have the impression, and I credit it, that in certain cases a union is no sooner forged than the seed of separation sprouts.

One reason for not writing a lost-in-the-funhouse story is that either everybody's felt what Ambrose feels, in which case it goes without saying, or else no normal person feels such things, in which case Ambrose is a freak.

Tal y como están las cosas hoy en día, el sexo no significa nada. Es solo un deporte, como el tenis, ¿sabes? Lo que verdaderamente es íntimo entre un hombre y una mujer es la comunicación.

Am I boring you? I don't really care, I suppose, but I'll be more comfortable if I knew all this interested you. No doubt when I get the hang of storytelling, after a chapter or two, I'll go faster and digress less often.

We're a very cousiny people," Mary Harty told me. "One must tread very lightly here: Everyone is kin to everyone else.

Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.

Because of my music, I have never known loneliness and never been depressed.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Lord, I want to know You the best a man can know You. I want to please You the best a man can please You. Show me Your heart, reveal to me what is important to You, and show me what is not so important to You. Teach me Your ways and may my life bring joy to You . . .

Love is the bottom line in our relationship with the Lord—not love of principles or teachings but love for the Person of Jesus Christ.

Here is the reality: to be changed, we need His presence!

All true worship is anchored in a reverence for His presence

The promise is nothing without Your presence!

John, I'm not saying that if you keep My commandments, you prove to Me that you love Me," He said. "I already know whether you love Me or not! What I'm saying is if a man falls head over heels in love with Me, he will be the one enabled to keep My commandments!

As you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. (Colossians 2:6–7 NLT)

You're my best friend, Shmuel,' he said. 'My best friend for life.

You were never a real Avery," he hissed. "You know that, don't you?" "I do," I said. "But Christ on a bike, you came close. You came damned close.

It occurs to me that even though Zoya and I are both still alive, my life is already over. She will be taken from me soon and there will be no reason for me to continue without her. We are one person, you see. We are GeorgyandZoya.

One single syllable of intimacy and the world is put to rights.