Quotes About Bond

My favorite part of any playdate comes later when I get to carry my exhausted and sleeping daughter to the car. Is there anything more trusting than a sleeping child completely and utterly leaning into your body?

It's a profound thing to watch another human being come out of your body.

Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child.

It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

You don't know what love is until you meet your child.

When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which is a very beautiful experience.

There is nothing like seeing the man you love with your child.

There's something ancient and inevitable about this desire to do whatever you can to protect your child.

Until you have a child, you won't really understand that you would actually throw yourself in front of a bus for your child. Like, you don't really get it. Like, it's like, 'Hell no.' You know, 'She's only two. I can make another one.' You know? But, you know, you have a baby, and then you actually care about this person.

When your child is looking up at you, and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying there, you have to remind yourself that's what it's all about.

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

To experience the unique sense of elation that you have when your child is sleeping on your chest in an incomparable emotion.

When your child believes you really respect what he's feeling, he'll be much more likely to trust you.

There's one person that you would give up your life for, and that's your child.

It's excruciating to be away from your child.

What's beautiful about the journey of surrogacy is that relationship you build with your surrogate, when it's done in places with good law. These aren't women you stop speaking to once your child is born, this is someone who's part of your family.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

The feeling between two fighters is profound. We go places where normal people don't go. You smell a man's blood, it smells like rust. You get into a clench, you feel his strength, you feel his desperation, he feels yours. You're sharing this.

When you have the chance to go against a brother of yours on the court, you're always looking at each other like, If you score, we're looking at each other. If I score, I'm looking at him.

A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It's also one where you sometimes have to let things that bug you slide. The tough moments will make you wiser about yourself and each other. They will also make you stronger and closer as friends.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are often purposeful - if not consciously so; a way to test the strength of a bond and establish trust in a new parent.

I spent all my youth with horses.

When a man tries to communicate with an animal, there's a relationship between them, and you generally find this between the dog and his master.