Quotes About Presence

Why would there be a destination when life itself is a journey? You go not to get there but to be there.

with them and it brings me back to earth.

Death had entered my life with a familiar and well-loved face, like a friend come to call for you and who waits patiently in a corner until you have finished your work.

Sex is my practice. It's where I always strive to be my best self. I try to be as honest as possible, as present as possible, as centered as possible, as kind as possible, as generous as possible without being a doormat.

An eternity is any moment opened with patience.

Michael held his hand as he hallucinated, talking to some of the people who had left footprints on his memory when they had walked across his life.

The body breathes by itself. The mind thinks by itself. Awareness simply observes the process without getting lost in the content.

The beauty of the system, however, is that such dissent and inconvenient information are kept within bounds and at the margins, so that while their presence shows that the system is not monolithic, they are not large enough to interfere unduly with the domination of the official agenda.

You should appreciate those things while you have them, but you never do. Not all the way. Too busy living. Now and again, you should try to stop to appreciate the little things. They'll build up if you do.

She'd learned not to hurry—had taught herself not to push, not to rush, but to take things as they came. And in a very real way to embrace every single moment.

Scent's the thing, right? How you find someone. I've got yours inside me. I could find you whether I wanted to or not. Whether you wanted me to or not.' 'I'm not lost.' 'I still found you.'

I find that when you look too far ahead, you end up tripping over the present. Let's just worry about the now, Jared." When he lifted her hand to his lips, Savannah realized that now was going to be trouble enough.

You walked in, and the air changed. It gives you an advantage and you're enough of a challenge. I'm not trying to be a challenge. It's one of the things that makes you one.

You're thinking too much. Try being in the moment. It'll amaze you.

dead. Standing

FOR A WEEK, THEN TWO, SHE WAS

I don't know where we are, but we can't be lost because we're here.

You still here?" Josh moved over

Gorgeous is just lucky DNA. You're...vivid, he decided. Compelling. That's the sort of thing that comes from inside spaces, so it's better than gorgeous. If you want my opinion.

His life, he thought, would've been easier by far if she'd never come into it. Then he sensed her, turned, saw her standing outside his bedroom door, that short halo of hair still damp from her shower, her eyes deep and a bit sleepy yet before her coffee.

school graduation. I love him, even though the times—a lot of times I really needed it—he couldn't say, 'I'm here.

I wouldn't have a now without you.

reflection enter the room. "I hadn't expected to

not here, I'll be here. You don't get to leave. That's the rule. You