meaningful presence Quotes

There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!

To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth—I count that something of a miracle.

The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

A friend's only gift is himself.

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

I think first of all you have to be there for the right reason.

How wonderful life is while you're in the world

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.

We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.

The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.

I don't want to work with a person just to have someone there.

We don't want to be simply wandering about without some kind of reason, we want our presence here to have a purpose, and that we are not going to end here, we are going to proceed somewhere else, and also that we didn't begin here, that we began somewhere else and all that living, all that elaborate account of our presence seems to be quite basic to our nature and so this is what literacy taps into.

At a certain age just being around particular people is an event.

I didn't want [actress] just to be a woman standing at the window, waving hello and goodbye to men as they came and went in the world that they were struggling through. I wanted her to have a true function.

I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.

Everyone needs reminders that the fact of their being on this earth is important and that each life changes everything.

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people on rope lines, because I'm always thinking, 'Maybe this interaction, particularly if I'm meeting kids, will change someone's life.' That's how I think about the work I do as First Lady. It's a rare spotlight. I want to make sure I don't waste it.

If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you

Someone who was a part of my life. Probably the only one that really mattered.