“I think people expect too much from marriage today,' he said. 'They expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That's TV or… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Push too far into independence and we disconnect and hurt each other. Then in a longing for togetherness, we seek each other… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
I could still smell her on my fur. It clung to me, a memory of another world. I was drunk with it,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better.… — Nate Copy Share Image
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick… — Grey's Anatomy Copy Share Image
The closeness of the India-Afghanistan relationship is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since time immemorial. And as a close friend,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
When you make a breakthrough it is a moment of scientific exhilaration because you have been on this search and seem to… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
“Dad?' 'Yeah?' 'Could you tell me a story?' 'Sure.' 'A good one.' 'As opposed to all the boring ones I tell.' 'Right.'… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“There's the imperative to keep secrets, and the imperative to have them known. How do you know that you're a person, distinct… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“When I was younger, I craved friendship and closeness. I make bonds without acknowledging how quickly and permanently they would break. I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I wanted to make him understand that we shared the details of our lives, because they were the threads that braided us… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
“I remember us saying that we liked small houses, that proximity engendered closeness in a family. That nobody should be raised by… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“But nothing is said of the closeness between two people: how they grew in the shade of each other's presence. No one… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I believe the powers of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“I'd watch his smooth chest rise and fall with each steady breath, I'd watch the pulsating of his stomach when he laughed,… — Ashley Newell Copy Share Image
She had said she didn’t feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“Amy and I needed each other. Neither of us really had other close friends. We were the type who were friendly with… — Kody Keplinger Copy Share Image
“I grieve to think that closeness requires some measure of distance as its preserver, if only as a safety measure, because it… — Evan Dara Copy Share Image
The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The sun was high overhead in the world above. My husband slept soundly beside me, his breathing soft and even. We had… — S. Jae-Jones Copy Share Image
The aesthetic event is something as evident, as immediate, as indefinable as love, the taste of fruit, as water. We feel poetry… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you unite a couple on a joint fight, the question is, "Does it unite them literally, or does it weaken their… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“True closeness respects each other's space. You can never get any measuring instrument to compare and set on a pedestal how one… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
“The extraordinary-looking pair of young people weren't holding hands, but the way they tilted ever so subtly toward each other made it… — Josephine Angelini Copy Share Image
I had never been with a woman for longer than a night, and they had always been whores. And while throughout each… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
the New Englander landed on a stony, barren tract, and a large share of his strength during two centuries has gone to… — Rebecca Harding Davis Copy Share Image
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“There is a need for closeness, yet we can't get too close. The teacher-pupil relationship is a kind of tightrope to be… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
