Bonding Quotes

“Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“People leave imprints on our lives, shaping who we become in much the same way that a symbol is pressed into the page of a book to tell you who it comes from. Dogs, however, leave paw prints on our lives and our souls, which are as unique as fingerprints in every way.”
― Ashly Lorenzana

“You grew up too fast, baby."

Didn't always feel that way, especially this morning when I couldn't find my other flip-flop and I'd been, like, two seconds from kicking a fit.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Opal

“A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“Bond is stronger than blood. The family grows stronger by bond.”
― Itohan Eghide, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new car to lose that scent, or a brand-new house to gather dust. Maybe that was the process more commonly described as bonding: the act of learning your child as well as you know yourself.”
― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care

“Commitment is Circumstances”
― Leju Thomas

“He never knew a single second could be expanded into something timeless and so archaic. It shook him to his core – there were no words for it.”
― Dianna Hardy, The Sands Of Time

“There is such a thing as crazy-mother bonding. . . . It happens when one realizes the other also has had a crazy mother, and it is both painful and pleasurable. There are more crazy mothers than you might think.”
― Minrose Gwin

“Denial of one's need for others is the most common type of defense against bonding. If people come from a situation, whether growing up or later in life, where good, safe relationships were not available to them, they learn to deny that they even want them. Why want what you can't have? They slowly get rid of their awareness of the need.”
― Henry Cloud, Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future

“There is a silent deference for one another, a distance that is kept, and lines that aren’t crossed, but in their sharing, they each try to pay tribute to the bond in their own way. As often as possible, they open up a little and give what they can.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

“We've been very lonely, but we had it easy. Because death is so heavy - we, too young to know about it, couldn't handle it. After this you and I may end up seeing nothing but suffering, difficulty and ugliness, but if only you'll agree to it, I want for us to go on to more difficult places, happier places, what ever comes, together. I want you to make the decision after you're completely better, so take your time thinking about it. In the mean time, though, don't disappear on me.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“And as their penile pain began to subside, the two men were able to form more complex thoughts, resulting in a collaborative work: the development of a worldview that might be described as “penilosophy.”
― Zack Love, Sex in the Title: A Comedy about Dating, Sex, and Romance in NYC

“It is so unkind--' 'Perhaps. But sometimes a compulsion comes over one to speak the truth!”
― Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot's Christmas

“Men on the road together have three choices. They separate, they kill one another, or they work things out.”
― Salman Rushdie, Quichotte

“She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

“With the card, there’s a photo of us from the day Yael taught me to box. The selfie in the mirror. I gulp at the image of our bodies together. My heart feels like its pumping tar through my veins. I wish I had the power to free my hands and shape my own life. But I don’t.”
― Leslie K. Barry, Newark Minutemen

“There's no bonding like bonding over murder,' Raihn said dryly.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Je ne suis pour toi qu'un renard semblable à cent mille renards. Mais, si tu m'apprivoises, nous aurons besoin l'un de l’autre. Tu seras pour moi unique au monde. Je serai pour toi unique au monde.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“It was camaraderie writ large. A synonym for loyalty that was stronger than the concept that it echoed. (Alex's) experience of real family, of blood relations, was a lot more like having a lot of people who had all wound up on the same mailing list without knowing why they had signed up for it.”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“They enjoyed the usual holiday traditions of a Christmas tree, big family dinner, you know, normal stuff but Amma had one tradition that she insisted be shared with me and all of my cousins, which was Jolabokaflod.”
“A what flood?”
“It translates to Christmas Book flood,” I said. “In Iceland it’s a tradition to give new books as gifts on Christmas Eve and then spend the evening reading.”
“Seriously?” Sam asked. “As a writer and avid reader, I have to say that is awesome.”
― Jenn McKinlay, It Happened One Christmas Eve

“When people meet during their travels, the friendships they form are like sparks in the wilderness—unexpected and brief, yet they have the power to ignite a lasting warmth in their lives.”
― Usman Aman

“Oh hells, I’d forgotten about the Griffin Corps naming tradition. If it got out that Feli—Atticus called me Harpy, I’d never escape it. It was a miracle he hadn’t told the other griffins already.

“Waiting,” he purred into my mind. Apprehension shivered down my spine at the sly mischief in his tone.

“Waiting for what?”

“The perfect moment.”

My brow furrowed before understanding hit. “You’re waiting for the perfect moment to tell everyone you call me Harpy?”

“Yes.” He trilled a laugh. “Live in fear.”

My griffin was evil.”
― Melissa Olthoff, Rise from Ruin

“Normally, .

when the bank launched, say, a million pounds' worth of bonds, it agreed to buy any unsold bonds itself, thereby guaranteeing that the borrower would receive the full million. In return for that guarantee, the bank took a fat percentage. The alternative method was to offer the bonds for sale with no guarantee. The bank took no risk and received a much lower percentage, but if only ten thousand of the million bonds were sold, the borrower would get only ten thousand pounds. The risk remained with the borrower”
― Ken Follett, A Dangerous Fortune

“Living inside oneself means no one can take or steal anything from them. But it also means no one can give or gift them anything real either...”
― Sov8840

“Every page is a bridge bringing me and my child closer together”
― Jan Jay, Learning to Be Happy: An Emotions & Feelings Book for Toddlers and Preschoolers Ages 3-6 About Joy and Everyday Happiness

“A good book makes my child smile; a moment reading together makes my life happy”
― Jan Jay, Big Dreams for Toddlers: A Story About Imagination and Believing in Yourself

“When a mother reads to her child, every page unfolds a world of emotions no classroom can teach”
― Jan Jay, Learning to Love: Teach Young Kids How to Express Love with Words and Actions (Emotions & Feelings for Ages 3–6)

“The books a mother reads with her child are bridges between imagination and understanding”
― Jan Jay, Hope Helps Me Grow: A Story for Kids Ages 3–6 About Staying Positive and Believing in Tomorrow

“Reading with your child is not about teaching them words; it’s about teaching them worlds”
― Jan Jay, Learning to Be Happy: An Emotions & Feelings Book for Toddlers and Preschoolers Ages 3-6 About Joy and Everyday Happiness