Quotes About Connection

Two people do not lose themselves at the identical moment, or else they might find each other, and be saved. It is not as simple as that.

In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

The knot of her hands and the pulses in her throat rejected any possibility that their meeting might be a casual one. But, of course, she could not explain, nor was her face of any more assistance than her tongue; in fact, as she herself knew, in moments of stress she could resemble a congested turkey.

Souls unite in the face of violence, if only on the common ground of frailty.

I mean one can be so remote in spirit from one's actual father -or mother- it's as though one doesn't belong to them. Spiritually," he dared, "one can be someone else's child.

Let me just say, if you have a hole in your heart and you are seeking for other people to fill your neediness, it doesn't work that way.

Gratefully, I've lived long enough to know that if I can own my failures, others won't struggle with them either.

Children lose contact with their parents, and vice versa, when there is no present living moment in the family. You change careers, go traveling, play extreme sports, get plastic surgery, drive fast cars, take exotic holidays, or redecorate the house, constantly seeking presence. These strategies might work for an hour, a day, or a year, but they will not solve your inner deadness.

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.

Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?

We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

Paths that cross will cross again.

I understood that in this small space of time we had mutually surrendered our loneliness and replaced it with trust.

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

In time we often become one with those we once failed to understand.

Within that moment was trust, compassion, and our mutual sense of irony. He was carrying death within him and I was carrying life. We were both aware of that, I know.

We learned we wanted too much. We could only give from the perspective of who we were and what we had. Apart, we were able to see with even greater clarity that we didn't want to be without each other.

He took twelve pictures that day. Within a few days he showed me the contact sheet. "This one has the magic," he said. When I look at it now, I never see me. I see us.