Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 291 authors

Love...no such thing. Whatever it is that binds families and married couples together, that's not love. That's stupidity or selfishness or fear. Love doesn't exist.… — Arthur Rimbaud
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise--if regard springing from… — Jane Austen
Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once… — John Grisham
I didn't think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who'd been damaged… — Lisa Kleypas
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be â€œjust humansâ€ within the framework of white supremacy has… — Bell Hooks
Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a… — Sue Grafton
I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive. — Albert Camus
There were profound reasons for his attachment to the sea: he loved it because as a hardworking artist he needed rest, needed to escape from… — Thomas Mann
Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear. — Wayne Dyer
People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment. — Lionel Shriver
Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life. — Lionel Shriver
How evanescent those loves and friendships seem at this distance in timeâ€¦We move on, make new attachments. We grow old. But sometimes, we hanker for… — Ruskin Bond
She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too… — Jane Austen
Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith. . . . Attachments are of… — David Foster Wallace
There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. — Idries Shah
Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from… — Nhat Hanh
This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt.… — David Levithan
Remember me? I'm back to my old self again. No responsibilities, no attachments, no encumbrances. I don't want to own anything, love anyone, or get… — Danielle Steel
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is… — Pema Chodron

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