Thoughts from Old Movies (from around 2006 via myspace)

"It's the sense of touch... Any real city- you walk, you know?.. You brush past people.  People bump into you.  In LA nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass.  I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so we can feel something."- Crash
This quote one person knows about from my life.  When you move to this city it hurts inside how long you go just without touch.  Babies who are abandoned that recieve touch (usually from geriatrics as a charity) in a hospital have a greater chance of survival and happiness. 

This quote below I believe describes the disease of our communities and intimacy today:
"It is better not to take the chance of asking an uncomfortable question or revealing an affection for another person that may bring unintentioned pain.  It is wiser, I think, to keep silent."- The Weight of Water

A copy of part of a Bio of a Man I Greatly Respect

"During his retreat in the isolated cave, Brennan was once again powerfully convicted by the revelation of God's love in the crucified Christ. On a midwinter's night, he received this word from the Lord: "For love of you I left my Father's side. I came to you who ran from me, who fled me, who did not want to hear my name. For love of you I was covered with spit, punched and beaten, and fixed to the wood of the cross." Brennan would later reflect, "Those words are burned into my life. That night, I learned what a wise old Franciscan told me the day I joined the Order -- 'Once you come to know the love of Jesus Christ, nothing else in the world will seem as beautiful or desirable.' " .......and ....."
From Alabama, Brennan moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the mid-seventies and resumed campus ministry at Broward Community College. His successful ministry was harshly interrupted, however, when he suffered a precipitate collapse into alcoholism. Six months of treatment, culminating at the Hazelden treatment center in Minnesota, restored his health and placed him on the road to recovery.
It was at this point in his life that Brennan began writing in earnest."