Quotes About Connection

Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and that we fall together in that moment of tenderest perception when we see and feel each other's wounds and know another's sorrow like a brother of our own.

All writers are waiting for replies. That's what I've learned. Maybe all human beings are

We go out into this fucked up world together.

Somehow that always seemed to happen—we addicts can always find one another. There must be some strange addict radar or something.

It seems like there is something about sharing your insides with the world that gives other people strength and hope and helps them not to feel so alone.

Hey, man, helping you is how I stay alive. Never forget that.

Nic, the only thing that ever really gives us any genuine satisfaction is caring for other people. It doesn't matter how popular we are or anything. The only thing that actually makes life more fulfilling is our love for others.

I wish to make a noise with my feet.I want my soul to find its proper body.

I don't want you to be interested in my life. I want you to be interested in me.

you're one of those friends I can be silent with.

If you call the day after, you're maybe a bit desperate because, since the first day is out of the question, the second day is really the first day, so you're calling on the first day. If they're going to call, people call on the third day.

However far you run from your family and try to expunge them from your life, they follow you.

Je moet begrijpen dat mensen niet gemaakt zijn om zichzelf toon te stellen, maar om een ruimte te vinden waarin ze in harmonie met de hemel en de aarde kunnen leven.

Maria mi si è sdraiata accanto. - Ho paura. - Loro hanno paura. - Perchè? - Perchè urlano.

He started touching me. 'How old are you?' He ran his hands over my nose, my mouth, my eyes. I was paralysed. 'Nine. What about you?' 'Nine.' 'When's your birthday?' 'The twelfth of September. And yours?' 'The Twentieth of November.' 'What's your name?' 'Michele. Michele Amitrano. What year are you in at school?' 'The fourth. What about you?' 'The fourth.' 'Same.' 'Same' 'I'm thirsty.' I gave him the bottle

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.

If we are connected to everyone else by six degrees and we can influence them up to three degrees, then one way to think about ourselves is that each of us can reach about halfway to everyone else on the planet.

Sadly, 12 percent of Americans listed no one with whom they could discuss important matters or spend free time.

The sense of incredible realism that many people experience when interacting in virtual worlds with virtual people is known as presence.

Vi blir faktiskt mer ledsna när våra familjemedlemmar är ledsna än om främmande människor är ledsna.

The experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us."11

Ensamhet sprider sig också mellan grannar, så att tio extra dagar med ensamhetskänslor leder till två extra dagar för personen på andra sidan staketet. Grannar och vänner som bor mer än en och en halv kilometer bort överför däremot inte ensamhetskänslor till varandra.

A key feature of awe, psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt have argued, is that it quiets self-interest and makes individuals feel part of the larger whole. 12