Sebastian Faulks Quotes

I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.

No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.

Probably above all other things, I am interested as a writer in making a connection, interested in the parts of all of us that connect.

'The Room' is relationships. The room is you and me and everyone in America. That's basically what 'The Room' is.

A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

‎When you meet anyone, treat the event as a holy encounter. It's through others that we either find or love our self. For you see, nothing is accomplished without others. When you eliminate the concept of separation from your thoughts and your behavior, you begin to feel your connection to everything and everyone.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Life is lived in common, but not in community.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

I've learnt that the world over, everyone's essentially the same. We are all trying to have a nice time and get along with things.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

One of the things novels should do is shine a light on those parts of us that are common, the fibres that connect all of us. They should convey the sense that we're all connected, coming from the same tree, sharing common roots.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is.

The essence of Yungblud is connection. That's all I want to do: connect with people.

I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how similar we are and not how different we are.

Twitter helped others to see me as a human being. And showed me their humanity, too.

I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the idea of being thrown together with a group of people you might have a lot in common with, or nothing at all. You don't have the option of doing anything other than making your family relationships work - forever. I like that.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

Part of the fun of life is interacting with people and not knowing what the truth is inside. Letting them reveal that to you is what binds you to people.