191 quotes found
“Humankind has turned the world into a cruel and at times inhospitable place. The thing that makes it all bearable is the potential for loving companionship.”
“Only marriage combines all three forms of companionship - spouse is family, best friend, and permanent companion. This is why it is widely held that while the death of a child is the most painful l...”
“How odd it is that we so often weep for each others distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!”
“The people are hungry, Mihali said. He lifted his hands, spreading them to encompass the city. The people need to be fed. They need bread and wine and soup and meat. But not just that. They need fr...”
“I prefer solitude to companions, since there are so few men who are trustworthy, and almost none truly learned. I do not say this because I demand scholarship in all men -- although the sum total o...”
“Loneliness is really a wonderful companion that can show us so much about ourselves and others.”
“Lifes gonna kick you in the butt.Thats what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least you can expect is that your friends will stand by you. I mean, for crying in the night, what e...”
“Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship.”
“On a day like this, we women would be completely and utterly happy just to have a man hold our cold hands and massage our aching backs. We'd be so blissfully happy we wouldn't know what to do with ...”
“I cannot stand the company of men. They flatter or they judge. I can stand neither of the two.”
“You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together.”
“Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. ”
“I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something differe...”
“How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into.”
“Solitude sometimes is best society.”
“Keep anyone with whom you can read in silence.”
“We sit, silent, the comfortable way only good friends can sit.”
“Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all affliction, wrote John Muir. Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal. Now I knew this for what it was: a beguiling but dangerous lie. ...”
“Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.”
“Ego, being love's kryptonite; two souls must be on the same page of humility.”
