191 quotes found
“He dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her. Petra Cotes, for her part, loved him more...”
“When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.”
“When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.”
“Peace is not about who you can live with, but who you can't live without.”
“The Purpose of Friendship to Me is Having One to Complement Not One to Compete with!”
“So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are passionate: I expected a scene of some kind. I was prepared for the hot...”
“The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.”
“I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.”
“We are inspiration to one another”
“The longing of every heart is to be loved.”
“Leaders dont step on toes of dwarfs. They mount shoulders of giants.”
“One as deformed and horrible as myself, could not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects... with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympath...”
“If your spouse wants to cheat on you, he or she will. This world is a haven of opportunities. But no matter what, in any relationship, one must never doubt the spouse”
“Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget it, or bear to be wholly forgotten by it. Disgusted at the guilt or absurdity of Mankind, the Mi...”
“I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.”
“Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.”
“For us of course the shared activity and therefore the companionship on which Friendship supervenes will not often be a bodily one like hunting or fighting. It may be a common religion, common stud...”
“Friends can create our most cherished memories.”
“Some people will hear you louder in silence. Those are your tribe - they'll get you through the tough days and give you something to laugh about on the ride.”
“My flute, M. Poirot, is my oldest companion. When everything else fails, music remains.”
