Quotes About Presence

I wished there was something I could say to take that look away, but sometimes there just weren't words.

Da miedo cuando es real. Cuando no se trata sólo de pensar en una persona, sino de tener una persona de carne y hueso en frente de ti, con expectativas. Y quiere…

I don't want to have to play catch-up at the end of the day. I need to be a part of his daily life and he needs to be a part of mine.

I will never forget tonight, not for as long as I live. One day, if I'm lucky, I'll tell some young girl all my stories, just like Stormy told me hers. And I'll get to live them again. When I'm old and gray, I will look back on this night, and I will remember it just as it was. Is. We're still here. It's not the future yet.

When I'm old and gray, I will look back on this night, and I will remember it just as it was. Is. We're still here. It's not the future yet.

Look who's here. My adoring girlfriend.

scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.

When he was nearby, my body hummed. When he was away, there was this dull ache. With him near, I felt everything

I didn't realize anything was missing. Then came you.

Vivre pleinement chaque instant. Sois bien évéillée et consciente, tu comprends ? Immerge toi et savoure chaque goutte des expériences que tu vis

I hated it when he played the guitar. He'd sit there, strumming, halfway paying attention, only halfway present. He'd hum to himself, and he was someplace else. We'd be watching TV, or playing cards, and he'd be strumming the guitar. Or he'd be in his room, practicing. For what, I didn't know. All I knew was that it took time away from us.

I was thinking about her too. Even when she's not here, she's here. That girl has some kind of reach.

For someone who's over Genevieve, he sure does talk about her a lot. Though it's not just him. I was thinking about her too. Even when she's not here, she's here. That girl has some kind of reach.

That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore.

It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore.

IT CAN BE STARTLING TO SEE SOMEONE¹S BREATH, LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD. YOU USUALLY DON¹T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE EXTEND THAT FAR.

Because just like you need to be where I am, I need to be where you are.

I slipped it into your papers to see if you would notice." The Zen master Ikkyu was once asked to write a distillation of the highest wisdom. He wrote only one word: Attention.

In some Zen monasteries, gossip is defined as talking about anything not directly in one's gaze.

What the Yoga People say: None of this is banal, if only you would attend to it.

But the smell of her hair. The way she clasped her hand around my fingers. This was like medicine. For once, I didn't have to think. The animal was ascendant.

I savoured the moment because the moment was more than enough

She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.

The theologian Paul Tillich wrote that "loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude." Because the borderline finds solitude so difficult to tolerate, she is trapped in a relentless metaphysical loneliness from which the the only relief comes from of the physical presence of others. So she will often rush to singles bars or with crowded haunts, often with disappointing--or even violent--results.