Connection

v. To be moved in a heartwarming way, often to tears.... more

n. The road-like reflection of the moon on water.... more

adj. A warm, positive feeling of togetherness and coziness.... more

n. Creative problem-solving with minimal resources.... more

v. Taking a break to enjoy coffee, pastries, and conversation with others.... more

n. The interconnectedness of humanity and human kindness.... more

n. Silent understanding between two people, both unwilling to act.... more

n. Buying books and leaving them unread.... more

n. Pride from knowing you're unconditionally loved.... more

n. The feeling of solitude in the woods.... more

n. Tenderly running fingers through a loved one's hair.... more

n. Curiosity about the impact you've had on the lives of the people you know.... more

n. A kind of mistake you wouldn't take back even if you could.... more

adj. Feeling uneasy when socializing with incompatible groups of people.... more

n. The awareness that you are not at home in the wilderness.... more

adj. The wish for the modern world to feel as epic as old stories and folktales.... more

n. A long-overdue argument that shakes up a relationship, burning wildly through your issues.... more

n. The primal longing for a home village to return to, a place that no longer exists, if it ever did.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of the world moving on in your absence.... more

n. A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet.... more

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.... more

n. The weird hollowness of trying to imagine the distant future.... more

n. The shock of meeting someone and realizing your mental image of them is outdated.... more

n. The bittersweet awareness that all things must end.... more

n. The fear that you're no longer able to change.... more

n. The eeriness of places left behind.... more

n. An unassuming feature of our daily lives that will eventually seem bizarre in the future.... more

n. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".... more

n. A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history.... more

n. The set of living people who have known you all your life, all the way back to your infancy.... more

n. The habit of falling hard for a new acquaintance and imagining an elaborate future together.... more

n. The half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago.... more

n. The fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow.... more

n. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.... more

n. A dizzying sense of awe at the sheer scale of modern society.... more

n. The awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a different angle.... more

v. The habit of taking stock of your life on your birthday.... more

n. The wish for people to prioritize physical interactions over social norms.... more

n. The sense that you're more than the categories that society puts you in.... more

adj. Humbled by readily entrusting your life to strangers without a second thought.... more

n. The awareness of how little we really know.... more

n. The anxiety of never knowing how much time you have left.... more

n. To wander through a cemetery imagining the lives of the deceased.... more

n. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.... more

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.... more

n. Feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have.... more

n. The atmosphere of camaraderie when people are stuck together in a certain place.... more

n. A complicated feeling of envy and admiration for younger individuals.... more

n. A state of exhaustion with human cruelty, leading to appreciation for kindness and joy.... more

n. The desire to capture a fleeting experience.... more

n. The disorienting feeling of meeting an old friend and realizing you've both changed.... more

n. Nostalgia for a time you never experienced.... more

n. A condition of having an active social life but very few close friends.... more

n. The hidden vulnerability of others.... more

n. The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.... more

n. Curiosity about the real people behind internet usernames and a technique in digital graphics to smooth the appearance of jagged pixels in low-resolution images.... more

n. The fear that your connections with people will diminish as you age.... more

n. The sheepish casual vibe between two people who've shared an emotional farewell but then unexpectedly have a little extra time together.... more

adj. Struck by the poignant strangeness of other people's homes.... more

n. The mystery of what goes on behind the scenes of your social life.... more

n. The total set of human beings alive at any given time.... more

n. The fear of being shaped by circumstances and stimuli rather than by conscious choice.... more

n. Vivid memories of a certain experience that may be disputed by others, leading to a reevaluation of one's worldview.... more

n. A relationship or friendship that lingers in your thoughts, despite seeming to have ended.... more

n. The smallest measurable unit of human connection typically exchanged between passing strangers.... more

n. The ambiguous intensity of eye contact.... more

n. The longing to see how other people live their lives when they're not in public.... more

n. The self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning.... more

n. The phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode.... more

n. The disquieting awareness of mismatched importance in relationships.... more

n. The tendency for social networks to magnify unexpected personality traits of people you know.... more

n. The sadness of never knowing how history will unfold.... more

n. The ambient feeling of being a human being.... more

n. The fear that originality is no longer possible.... more

n. A mysterious aura of loneliness felt in certain places.... more

n. An innocuous touch by someone just doing their job that you find more meaningful than you'd like to admit.... more

n. The reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life.... more

n. A moment of panic regarding the potential lack of returns on invested time and effort.... more

n. The fantasy of an elaborate diagnosis that neatly captures the kind of person you are.... more

n. The sorrow of imagining the wealth of knowledge forever lost to history.... more

n. The fear that your partner is changing in ways you don't understand, even though they might be changes for the better.... more

adj. Longing for certainty in a relationship.... more

n. The awareness that seemingly unremarkable experiences may have a profound impact on others.... more

adj. Aware of the limited perspective of age differences within relationships.... more

n. The sadness of never truly knowing what others think of you.... more

n. The awareness of the limited scope of personal experiences in the world.... more

n. A state of unease caused by excessive admiration, leading to doubts about one's true self.... more

n. The inability to determine the appropriate level of sympathy for one's situation.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more

n. A chilling hint of distance that creeps slowly into a relationship.... more

n. The sadness of being unable to convey a powerful memory to those who were not present.... more

n. A friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly.... more

n. A fart hoped to be discussed later.... more

adj. Stance when looking at bookshelves.... more

n. Remote acquaintance claimed as close friend.... more

n. Best spot to watch undressing across the street.... more

n. Measure of luminosity.... more

n. Discrepancy in group bill payment.... more

n. Back-slapping man in pub or Morley's story.... more

n. Benign tumours on noses of certain people.... more

n. Sound of polite nasal breathing in lift.... more

n vb. Tuneless humming when angry.... more

pl n. Forgotten keys used for nose-bleed cure.... more

n. Cry urging peer to danger.... more

n. Process of finding mints in After Eight box.... more

pl n. People who won't leave.... more

n. Pretending not to recognize in passageway.... more

n. Moment of false recognition in passageway.... more

n. Radio music hard to distinguish from ad.... more

adj. Smell of taxi after passengers.... more

n. Look at queue-barger.... more

vb. Taking extra slice in division.... more

n. Minimum distance between Underground trains.... more

participial vb. Jaw movements after dentist.... more