CURATED COLLECTION

Building Deep Relationships

The deepest connections take longer than you think to build and less time than you expect to lose.

82 quotes found

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The Peach Blossom Pool is a thousand feet deep, but it cannot compare to your farewell, Wang Lun.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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We believe the one we love cannot be truly lost to us.

—Yaa GyasiNovelist

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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His memory lives within me, a constant companion through every trial.

—Layla al-AkhyaliyyaPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Sometimes all we need is someone to tell us that we are okay.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Our Tongan heritage is a living river; we must guide its flow for future generations.

—Siosaia TaufaScholar

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.

—Gabriel García MárquezNovelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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The strength of a relationship lies not in its length but in its depth.

—PremchandWriter

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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If I loved you, it's because you are my love, my accomplice, and everything.

—Mario BenedettiNovelist, Poet & Playwright

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

—Roald DahlNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Children are our future. Let us feed them good stories.

—Gcina MhlophePlaywright & Poet

Digital Age ERA • Southern Africa

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Women are extraordinary because we carry whole worlds inside us without breaking.

—Ángeles MastrettaNovelist & Journalist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Connection is why we're here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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For a friend with an understanding heart is a treasure.

—HomerEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting creature.

—Roald DahlNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The happiness of others is often a duty before it is a pleasure.

—Suzanne NeckerWriter, Reformer & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic friend.

—EuripidesScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Storytelling is how we make sense of our lives, our history, our deep connections.

—Judith Ortiz CoferWriter

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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To understand, one must forgive. To forgive, one must understand.

—Maria DąbrowskaNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Language is the home that cannot be taken from you.

—Pham Thi HoaiNovelist & Essayist

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

—Elizabeth GaskellNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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