Quotes about Connection

I knew only one thing—which I have learned well by now: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.

More and more I felt that she was present, that she was with me; I had the feeling that I was able to touch her, able to stretch out my hand and grasp hers. The feeling was very strong: she was there. Then, at that very moment, a bird flew down silently and perched just in front of me, on the heap of soil which I had dug up from the ditch, and looked steadily at me.

Love is living the experience of another person in all his uniqueness and singularity.

The truth—that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.

The grasping of another person in his uniqueness means loving him[.]

Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I'm never not thinking of you.

They went in and out of each other's minds without any effort.

But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.

It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.

Yes yes yes I do like you. I am afraid to write the stronger word.

It appeared that nobody ever said a thing they meant, or ever talked of a feeling they felt, but that was what music was for.

For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.