Quotes About Connection

I promise to always turn back toward you.

You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.

Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart...

We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.

Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us. We pray in Christ's name, Amen.

It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love.

You are the ever-expanding universe to me

What was it like... to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

Despereaux, she whispered. And then she shouted it, Despereaux! Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.

Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.

In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart. - Gloria Dump

During the night, while Bull and Lucy slept, Edward, with ever-open eyes, stared up at the constellations. He said their names, and then he said the names of the people who loved him. He started with Abilene, and then went on to Nellie and Lawrence and from there to Bull and Lucy, and then he ended again with Abilene: Abilene, Nellie, Lawrence, Bull, Lucy, Abilene. See? Edward told Pellegrina. I am not like the princess. I know about love.

It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.

There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it.

Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)

Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still.

I have already been loved," said Edward. "I have been loved by a girl named Abilene. I have been loved by a fisherman and his wife and a hobo and his dog. I have been loved by a boy who played the harmonica and by a girl who died. Don't talk to me about love," he said. "I have known love.

There is somebody who loves me, said Despereaux. And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me.

We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home.

It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.

What is it to know that people will come searching for you? Everything.

I have a deep gratitude that Ida B exists.

He smiled at me. He did that thing again, where he pulled back his lips and showed me his teeth. He smiled so big it made him sneeze. It was like he was saying, I know i'm a mess. Isn't it funny?