Quotes About Connection

After all, almost everyone I know, even my very oldest friends, remain, in important ways, a mystery to me.

Autism is part of my son, and my son is a part of me, so no matter how much I deny, run, or hide, Autism is a part of me.

Reading surrounds us, labels us, defines us.

In Montana, a policeman will pull you over because he is lonely.

Some of the monkeys are crowded around the computer watching kitten videos on a pirated wireless connection.

I did not demand that the crows be like me, that their minds resemble my own: I simply cared for them. Why should I base my level of care and concern for them on how much like me they were, rather than loving them for what they were? That I should love only those that resembled myself, and neglect those who lived in other worlds, going about their other lives, seemed absurd to me. Arrogant. I cared for all.

Friendship is not a remedy for loneliness. Loneliness is part of our experience, and if we are looking for relief from loneliness in friendship, we are only going to frustrate the friendship. Friendship, camaraderie, intimacy, all those things, and loneliness lived together in the same experience.

Not that it matters, when you dream, there's no outside or in. Your mind is an unimaginable bloom. A willow catkin as big as the moon. With billions of anthers, shaking pollen like stars. It may seem strange, but in this boundless place --- You are not alone.

Is this what it's like? he wondered. When you're about to die? One hand stretched back to someone who cares for you, the other reaching for a place you can't see.

Your brain is a forest, And the nerves are trees. When the branches touch, Snaps jumps between the leaves.

One resourceful mom took her son's fixation on the video game Minecraft and made real wood "Minecraft" blocks for her son and the neighborhood kids to play with. This provided a connection between building things in the virtual world and building structures in the real world.

My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

The rabbits mingled naturally. They did not talk for talking's sake, in the artificial manner that human beings - and sometimes even their dogs and cats - do. But this did not mean that they were not communicating; merely that they were not communicating by talking.

Love me, for I must depart.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? WILLIAM BLAKE, SONGS OF INNOCENCE

Your friends will know you better in the first moment you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a lifetime.

Can miles truly separate you from friends . . . If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?