Quotes about Attachment

An infant is born with a clenched fist; a man dies with an open hand. Life has a way of prying free the things we think are so important.

You don't give up the intention, and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the results.

Our destiny is determined, not by what we possess, but by what possess us.

If you hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol.

We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending.

Right, but you know, what would any of us lose by losing our possessions. Maybe we would gain something, like relationships, like the beauty of good friends, intimacy, you know what I mean, man? Like we wouldn't be losing anything if we lost our stuff, we'd be gaining everything.

is it better not to fall in love at all, or to love someone for a little while, even if you have to say good-bye?

Giving with strings of secret expectations attached is the greatest invitation to heartbreak.

Giving with strings of secret expectations attached is the greatest invitation to heartbreak. That's not love. That's manipulation. And it's all so unrealistic.

The need to belong goes beyond the need for superficial social ties . . . it is a need for meaningful, profound bonding.

I would have borne it as I would bear death if fate was in that humour: but I should as soon think of choosing to die as to part from you.

I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore