Brene Brown Quotes

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

How we need another soul to cling to.

Technology is best when it brings people together.

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.

Belonging has always been a fundamental driver of humankind.

That concept is quite universal, looking for love.

real letter-writing ... is founded on a need as old and as young as humanity itself, the need that one human being has of another.

'Sticky' is about reaching a point in a relationship where you both realize you guys shouldn't be dating, but you're doing it anyway just because you like to have that sense of just being able to be honest with the person and comfortable with the person. You kind of ignore all of the signs and red flags because you really want to like the person.

People connect to a good bar very personally.

People are genuinely interested in other human beings and their stories.

No better way to bond than food.

We all want to find someone and be loved.

The Scarecrow needed a brain, the Tin Man needed a heart, and the other dude needed courage. I need love. You feel me?

Everyone yearns for love, and everyone struggles for love.

I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people.

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.

You want to attach emotionally.

Who are you?" I asked. "You know who I am," he replied. "I'm yours." ~Clea / Sage, pg. 105

Social media is fine, but we need to put the phones down and look somebody in the eye. Talk to your neighbor. Talk to your community. Especially talk to the one you love. It's all about connection. It's hard, but it's ultimately what gives us meaning in the world.

Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.

There's always that one person that you always go back to.

It's funny how much you attach yourself to everyone around you when you film.

Human beings are not meant to live alone. There is a fundamental biological imperative that propels you and every organism on this planet to be in a community, to be in relationship with other organisms.

It's strong, Ian. The way she feels about you is something else. She loves this world, but so much of the reason she couldn't leave was really you. She thinks of you as her anchor. You gave her a reason to finally stay in one place after a lifetime of wandering.