Respect Quote by Chinua Achebe

“The individual strands of our joint history are intertwined. Yet in our attempts to negotiate resolutions to a myriad of conflicts, we remain stuck…

— Paulette Regan

“It was simply what happened when the histories of two people dovetailed into one.”

— Jodi Picoult

“People meet in the course of life, they talk together, they discuss, they quarrel, without realizing that they're talking to one another across a…

— Milan Kundera

“To really belong to one another and to depend on one another–to really share a common destiny–is difficult for a community that wants to…

— N. Gordon Cosby

“We must stand together, realizing the complexity of our histories, both personal and social, choosing when we can tolerate each other’s company and when…

— Joan Nestle

“Living through enough, we all come to this understanding, though it is difficult to accept: No matter what path we choose to honor, there…

— Mark Nepo

“Solitude: so fulfilling that the merest rendezvous is a crucifixion.”

— Emil Cioran

“And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant.”

— Paulo Coelho

“When two human beings divided by hostility are both, at the same time, mystified—no, frightened—by the same apparition, there is a bond that springs…

— Alice Munro

“We shared a history without ever crossing paths.”

— Kailey Bright

Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors…

— Amin Maalouf

“In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen