Dana taught me that the ability to grieve deeply also…

At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability…

— Dave Reichert

We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves,…

— Franz Kafka

“If he didn’t love so deeply, he couldn’t grieve so deeply. But he’s drowning in it.”

— Dee Henderson

You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love and be…

— Geneen Roth

...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both…

— Christopher McDougall

The children of the nuclear age, I think, were weakened in their capacity to love. Hard to love, when you're bracing yourself for impact.…

— Martin Amis

We receive love — from our children as well as others — not in proportion to our demands or sacrifices or needs, but roughly…

— Rollo May

I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life…

— Robin Lim

“Even sorrow has its silver lining, as the emotion that pours forth reminds us of our capacity to love, and to be loved.”

— Rob Kozak

Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one…

— Jean Vanier

Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with…

— Woody Allen

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is just a feeling that your life is different and…

— Steve Tesich

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity…

— Meg Ryan

For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else…

— Bruce D. Perry

“You are my everything,” Julie said. “You are challenging, and difficult, and guarded. I love those things about you. You are fascinating, and complex,…

— Jessica Park