Quotes about Connection

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.

Animals are such agreeable friends?they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.

This is what women want: to be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved.

Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.

Mothers, on the other hand, are trees with firm roots.

I called him Grandfather, because according to him you do not have to be of the same blood or same tribe to be a member of the same family, but in truth I should have called him Maman. He was the only mother I ever knew.

I go, but I always remember you.

My grandmother claimed that space is filled with presences, the dead and the living all mixed together.