Quotes About Connection

Evoco il ragazzo che conoscevo. Achille che sogghigna mentre i fichi diventano una macchia sfocata tra le sue mani. Gli occhi verdi che ridono nei miei. Prendi, dice. Achille, che si staglia contro il cielo, aggrappato a un ramo sopra il fiume. Il denso calore del suo respiro assonnato contro il mio orecchio:

Quei secondi, quei mezzi secondi, in cui i nostri sguardi si toccavano erano gli unici momenti della giornata in cui sentissi qualcosa".

this is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. this is what it means to be alive. (circle 385)

He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth, and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.

i would know him in death, at the end of the world

He would have of me only what I wanted to give.

Je ne le quitterai jamais. Je serai à lui pour toujours, autant qu'il voudra de moi.

Y a pesar de lo herido que me sentía, bajo ningún concepto deseaba verle marchar ni contemplarle nervioso y temeroso, como el resto de nosotros.

I pressed as close as he would let me, like a lizard to noonday rocks.

All my defences are shredded, ripped away, exposing me. I'm sure he can see right down into my core, because I'm seeing into the very heart of him, and I'm petrified by what I find there.

We don't kill for no reason. As he spoke, the hummingbird pulsed between his palms like a heartbeat, whirred into the air and flew.

There's no such thing as the perfect soulmate. If you meet someone and you think they're perfect, you better run as fast as you can in the other direction. 'Cos your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons, pisses you off on a regular basis, and makes you face your shit.

Only love can last.

Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.

Sex is emotion in motion.

Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

Sex is an emotion in motion.

A man's kiss is his signature.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love — that's not so bad either.

Wasn't it hard that you did so much for children and loved them so deeply and they seemed so indifferent to you in return?