Quotes About Connection

In the wild world, relationship is evolutionary, time is geologic, beauty is intelligent. There we find ourselves under a powerful spell.

Although I was reared on a junkyard by parents who did not waste time hiking or camping, I knew pine trees and pitcher plants, bobcats and brown thrashers, as my people.

Out beyond houses and mailboxes, roads and bridges, a person can see a realm that exists alongside this world in which we humans live.

The Hall of Fame concert was shown on HBO over Thanksgiving, and the next day Dylan called. "How come I wasn't there? Those were my people. I should have been there.

I thought of her as my mother, but rarely of myself as her daughter.

Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned, no matter how hard we try to live up to them.

Die offenkundig demokratische Gesinnung des Kindes kennt keine Hierarchie. Das Schicksal eines Tagelöhners in seinem Schweiß, eines hungrigen Altersgenossen, eines gequälten Pferdes und eines geschlachteten Huhnes machen es eine Zeitlang traurig. Hund und Vogel, Schmetterlinge und Blume stehen ihm nahe, in einem Steinchen oder in der Muschel sieht es seinen Bruder.

A man's true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul."

One kind word can warm three winter months.

Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella.

tht's why u mst never forget ma sister jodie

A dinner party is the oldest experiment. Trap a bunch of souls in a room. Faces move like painted moons, rising and setting, as talk blows in from the east. The thunk and freckles of a hand slammed down on the table in laughter, the noise of a long night unscrolled like a map. Madeira and Roquefort. Paper towels for napkins. The maroon wall telephone rings: next round of folks on their way!

Seeing herself do this, Elise realizes she always knew she would give the fruit away, at this exact moment, to that girl, with this exact feeling in her heart.

With my last breath, I'll exhale my love for you. I hope it's a cold day, so you can see what you meant to me.

The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the content.

The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.

I can tell if two people are in love by how they hold each other's hands, and how thick their sanitation gloves are.

You know what I like most about people? Pets.

If I saw you hitchhiking, I'd smile and return your thumb's up, just for you doing such a great job of being a positive roadside influence.

The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss.

The wind blew my words away from you. So while I told you I love you, the phrase was carried in the opposite direction and landed 333 miles away in the ears of a confused farmer. He was nice, though. He sent me a kind letter saying that while he was flattered, I wasn't really his type.

Blood may be thicker than water, but it's certainly not as thick as ketchup. Nor does it go as well with French fries.

I want to write a book on sex. It will be filled with phrases like "Uuuhgh yeeeaaaah," and "Ooooh that's it," and "Whose hands are those?

I have two friends, Steve and Martin. But I'd happily replace both for the friendship of Steve Martin.