"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"
About this Quote
Then she swivels. After the slow, grown-up talk of cultivation comes the blunt punch of desire: “I don’t want to leave this room!” The line is almost comically physical, like a door-slamming antidote to all the polite, therapeutic phrasing. That contrast is the quote’s engine. She’s trying to hold two truths at once: love as long-term construction and love as an immediate bodily verdict. The subtext is a refusal to choose between mature commitment and hot, situational magnetism.
There’s also a defensive realism baked in. By stressing growth and nourishment, she implies love can wither without care - a knowing nod to how relationships look from inside celebrity life, where distance, schedules, and public narratives erode the private one. The room becomes a fantasy of uninterrupted presence: no cameras, no travel, no brand obligations, just the rare luxury of wanting to stay.
Quote Details
| Topic | Romantic |
|---|---|
| Source | Verified source: Vanity Fair: And God Created Gisele (Gisele Bundchen, 2009)
Evidence:
“I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don’t want to leave this room! Whatever that’s called, that’s what happened.”. This quote appears in Vanity Fair's profile 'And God Created Gisele,' published in 2009. In the article, Bündchen is being asked whether she believes in love at first sight, and she gives this answer about meeting Tom Brady. I found many later quote-aggregation sites repeating shortened or partial versions, but this Vanity Fair feature is the earliest primary-source publication I found containing the full wording. |
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Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
Bundchen, Gisele. (2026, March 9). I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-in-feeling-connected-love-is-something-154478/
Chicago Style
Bundchen, Gisele. "I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!" FixQuotes. March 9, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-in-feeling-connected-love-is-something-154478/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!" FixQuotes, 9 Mar. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-believe-in-feeling-connected-love-is-something-154478/. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.









