“People are all we've got, so grab the night by its nipples and go and flirt with someone.”— Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Belinda, Kristin Scott Thomas, imdb.com
“Let’s face it, a lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections.”— Delia Owens, amazon.com
“You can’t connect with someone if they’re connecting with the fake you.”— Stephan Labossiere, lewishowes.com
“We are living in a society where there is a need for human connection and a sense of community. And what we do every day is bring people together.”— Howard Schultz, hbr.org
“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu
“I often find commonplace happiness in extraordinary moments and sublime happiness in the seeming mundane”— Brit Marling, twitter.com
“We won't survive this century unless we start caring more about each other. Compassion. Empathy. Love. The internet has connected us, now it's up to our hearts to do the rest.”— Eric Holthaus, twitter.com
“Going from success to significance is a shift from getting to giving. It's not about power/status, it's about relationships.”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com
“Try to appreciate everyone who comes into your life - you never know what you might learn from them.”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com
“Empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating to us. Compassion is the willingness to be open to this process.”— Brené Brown, twitter.com
“We’re often afraid of being vulnerable, but vulnerability creates genuine connection.”— Gabby Bernstein, twitter.com
“nod, n.: After a certain point, it doesn’t need to be a yes – it’s just an acknowledgment of what’s already understood between us.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“Strong relationships, at home or work, are based on trust and communication. But if there is no communication there will be no trust.”— Simon Sinek, twitter.com
“Remember: sometimes the person we think will hurt us and make us fall is instead one of the few who will help us to get up.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“what many consider 'ordinary people' are the ones who will change our lives”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, and words can never substitute action”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“They talk about 'body language,' as if we all speak it the same. But everyone has their own dialect. For me right now, for example, swiveling my body right away and staring rigidly at the corner means, 'I like you.' Because I didn't run away and shut myself in the bathroom. I just hope he realizes t…”— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.com
“It's hard to communicate anything exactly and that's why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.”— Gustave Flaubert, amazon.com
“I think you know you’ve found someone special when you meet them for the first time, and it feels like you’re just picking up where you left off. You kind of look at them and think ‘Where the hell did you come from? Where the hell have you been?’”— Caitlyn Siehl, alonesomes.tumblr.com