Personal Connection Quotes

“She read him like a first-grade teacher. She let him be free.”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Dona

“People are instinctively drawn to Jesus certain that he understands suffering, their particular suffering, that he sees it in their eyes even before they speak. God's chosen are the suffering ones, whose inner luminescence is emphasized by the fragility of its container.”
― Garry Wills, What Jesus Meant

“Standing here now, looking across the valley toward the facing hill, Jess could imagine how homesick Isabel must have felt at times. She herself had been thinking of 'home' a lot. Home, she'd realized, wasn't a place or a time or a person, though it could be any and all those things; home was a feeling, a sense of being complete. The opposite of 'home' wasn't 'away,' it was 'lonely.' When someone said, 'I want to go home,' what they really meant was that they didn't want to feel lonely anymore.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“Interactive elements can provide valuable context, stimulate curiosity, and help visitors forge personal connections with the art.”
― James Scott, Art of Resilience: Launching, Curating, and Promoting Conflict Zone and War-Themed Galleries and Exhibits