Quotes About Presence

I'm the kind of person who is entertained watching someone simply be themselves, whether they're putting their children to bed or making dinner or sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper.

It's nice to be able to let the fans know that you're around and say 'Hi.'

I can't stand toe-to-toe with Bill Murray. It's very hard, because just looking at Bill - he's 6'3", and he just stares at you, and you have no idea what's going on inside that mind of his.

It's dangerous not to tour, because people assume you've faded away, or have no interest.

family is like your shadow on a sunny day, always there, just over your shoulder, following you in spirit no matter where you are or what you're doing. They're always with you.

God is with you, He must be, for you are the closest thing to an angel that I've ever met

Even when she wasn't trying, she was one of the most sensual women I've ever seen.

Stille ist heilig. Sie verbindet Menschen, denn nur wenn man sich in Gegenwart eines anderen wirklich wohl fühlt, kann man schweigend beieinander sitzen. Das ist das große Paradoxon.

Life, he decided, was for living, not for having, and he wanted to experience every moment that he could. At the deepest level, he'd come to understand that life could end at any moment, and it was better to be happy than busy.

But our love... It's like the wind. I can't see it, but I can feel it. - A Walk to Remember

But if you'd told me, I would have been around more. We could have seen each other more, I could have helped you so you wouldn't be so tired all of the time. Just knowing you were here was more than enough. But maybe you wouldn't have ended up in the hospital. He reached for her hand. Or maybe watching you enjoy a care-free summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.

I am at an impasse, and you, O God, have brought me here...From my earliest days, I have believed in you. I shared in the life of your people: in their prayers, in their work, in their songs...For me your yoke was easy. On me your presence smiled. Noon has darkened...And where are you in this darkness?...Or is it not your absence in which I dwell but your elusive troubling presence?

Not a formidable presence, except in that madman way that drunks wield, that does-it-look-like-I-give-a-fuck-about-anything?

It was the absences that had made her think, not the presences.

This is my life, and it's nice to be able to wade in it, immerse your arms in it, touch it.

You just...you just don't do anything. You get lost in your head, and you sit around thinking instead of getting on with something, and most of the time you think rubbish. You always seem to miss what's really happening.

I'm going to take every chance I get to make a nuisance of myself when somebody I admire is in the vicinity...

Throughout history, men have made many things to contain God: churches, temples, denominations, ceremonies. All of these have mixed motives and chequered histories. God doesn't 'need' any of these things, but it is in humanity's nature to keep building houses, and it is in God's nature to keep turning up.

God wants to dance with us. The goal of dancing is NOT to learn the steps. The goal of dancing is to enjoy your partner. We learn the steps but only so we don't have to look down at our feet. We are free to look into the eyes of the one we love.

I try to make a point of being seen. Sometimes when I'm out, I'll buy a juice even when I'm not thirsty. If the store is crowded I'll even go so far as dropping change all over the floor, nickels and dimes skidding in every direction. All I want is not to die on a day I went unseen.

Tell me, was I the sort of person who took your elbow when cars passed on the street, touched your cheek while you talked, combed your wet hair, stopped by the side of the road in the country to point out certain constellations, standing behind you so that you had the advantage of leaning and looking up?

To touch and feel each thing in the world, to know it by sight and by name, and then to know it with your eyes closed so that when something is gone, it can be recognized by the shape of its absence. So that you can continue to possess the lost, because absence is the only constant thing. Because you can get free of everything except the space where things have been.

Empty teacups gathered around her and dictionary pages fell at her feet.

VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there