Quotes About Connection

One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk.

I found myself liking her at once. She was as plain as an old shoe. Queer how one can hear of people for years, dislike them on principle, and then meet them and fall for them. I fell for Maud Wainwright that day with a crash—braid, bedroom slippers, and all.

People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them?

We are all one question and the best answer seems to be love--a connection between things.

Hands are unbearably beautiful. They hold on to things. They let things go.

It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it's what a poem does with its eyes.

We are all one question, and the best answer seems to be love--a connection between things. This arcane bit of knowledge is respoken everyday into the ears of readers of great books, and also appears to perpetually slip under a carpet, utterly forgotten.

Stali?my naprzeciwko siebie, zapatrzeni jak wtedy, gdy niespodziewanie spotyka si? jelenia - oboje zastygacie na chwil?, równie zaskoczeni, i to spojrzenie zdaje si? by? pojedynczym, jakby obie strony mia?y te same oczy.

It's easy to love! Kattie once said to him. It's the courage to be loved that is so difficult.

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Past and future were connected in an eternal ring

Motivate your child to listen with words of support and love that let him know he is safe with you. Send your message in many different ways including talking, writing, drawing, and demonstrating. Touch your child lightly to help him attend to your instructions. Make sure you have his attention by making eye contact. Keep your message simple. Avoid asking a question if there really isn't a choice. Tell him what he can do. Limit the number of instructions you give at one time.

Family meals are also critical. Research consistently demonstrates that the family meal is a better indicator of academic achievement than participation in sports or the arts.

Love your spirited child for who she is. Let her make you laugh. Let her share with you how she sees, hears, and experiences the things around her. Allow her to enrich your life. Because she is more, she will make you more.

Next time your child starts to lose it, say to her, "I am listening. I am trying to understand." This simple phrase, "I am listening," can help her to open herself to other alternatives. It can also help you to change an entrenched pattern of battle with your child because your willingness to work together is so evident.

A Credo for Parents of Spirited Children 1. You're not alone. According to the personality research 10 to 15 percent of all children living in this country fit the description of the spirited child. That means that there are millions of parents who empathize with you and understand the challenges you face. Your child is not an oddity or a freak. You are not the world's worst parent. You are not the only one. You are among friends.

It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.

I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.

It does not do to neglect the gods of a place, whoever they may be. In the end, they are all one.

Then she saw me watching her. For perhaps two seconds our eyes met and held. I knew then why the ancients armed the cruellest god with arrows; I felt the shock of it right through my body.

sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

Nature's music is never over her silences are pauses, not conclusions.