Connection to Earth Quotes

"It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a child with autism to raise the consciousness of the village."

- Elaine Hall

"Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path."

- Ban Ki-moon

"There is no greater feeling than being understood"

- Dr. Stanley Greenspan

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

- Jane Howard

"The free soul is rare but you know it when you see it. Basically, because you feel good, very good when you are near or with them."

- Bukowski

"There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them."

- J.K. Rowling

"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open"

- Albus Dumbledore

"Family belongs to community, and community takes its cues from family. We need to go back to real community engagement that sees us as people. We need to take back our lives by engaging our families and educating our communities."

- Beverley Ditsie

"It will not be lonely on Wednesday when it has all around it."

- Anthony T. Hincks

"Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone."

- Chinese Proverb

"I don’t read a book; I hold a conversation with the author."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Once you’ve read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you."

- Louis L'Amour

"Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere."

- Hazel Rochman

"To survive, we must tell stories."

- Umberto Eco

"When it rains on the ocean it rains on fish too."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"The horse is a great equalizer. He doesn’t care how good-looking you are, or how rich you are, or how powerful you are – he takes you for how you make him feel."

- Buck Brannaman

"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."

- Arabian Proverb

"Amo el canto del cenzontle pájaro de 400 voces, amo el color del jade, y el enervante perfume de las flores, pero amo más a mi hermano, el hombre"

- Nezahualcóyotl

"Kids with thinking and learning differences may not always have the words to express themselves, but they have hearts full of love, and they long for connection just as much as anyone else."

"When two givers indulge in a connection, it’s like magic. It’s alchemy. I water you, you water me, we never drain each other, we just grow."

- Unknown

"Moondust in your lungs, stars in your eyes, you are a child of the cosmos, a ruler of the skies."

"While we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one."

"True friends are like pumpkins in a patch—rare, bright, and one of a kind."

"Like a ghostly hug, true friends stay with you even when the night is dark."

"Through haunted houses and spooky nights, true friends are the ones who hold your hand."

"You’re the witch to my broomstick—wherever you go, I’ll fly by your side!"

"Friendship means never having to scream alone in a horror movie marathon."

"You’re the bat to my cave, the trick to my treat, and the ghoul to my ghost."

"I’ll be your Lydia if you’ll be my Beetlejuice—strange, unusual, and the best of friends."

"Fishing is our handshake, our language. A Heritage that binds us together. A passage our fathers took. A Journey that lasts a lifetime, That we have begun again with our sons and daughters."