100 Quotes About Companionship

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 and more as she felt his love increasing, and that was how in the ripeness of autumn she began to believe once more in the youthful superstition that poverty was the servitude of love. Both looked back then on the wild revelry, the gaudy wealth, and the unbridled fornication as an annoyance and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude. Madly in love after so many years of sterile complicity, they enjoyed the miracle of living each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out people they kept on blooming like little children and playing together like dogs. . Unknown

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 Misanthrope flies from it: He resolves to become an Hermit, and buries himself in the Cavern of some gloomy Rock. While Hate inflames his bosom, possibly He may feel contented with his situation: But when his passions begin to cool; when Time has mellowed his sorrows, and healed those wounds which He bore with him to his solitude, think you that Content becomes his Companion? Ah! no, Rosario. No longer sustained by the violence of his passions, He feels all the monotony of his way of living, and his heart becomes the prey of Ennui and weariness. He looks round, and finds himself alone in the Universe: The love of society revives in his bosom, and He pants to return to that world which He has abandoned. Nature loses all her charms in his eyes: No one is near him to point out her beauties, or share in his admiration of her excellence and variety. Propped upon the fragment of some Rock, He gazes upon the tumbling waterfall with a vacant eye, He views without emotion the glory of the setting Sun. Slowly He returns to his Cell at Evening, for no one there is anxious for his arrival; He has no comfort in his solitary unsavoury meal: He throws himself upon his couch of Moss despondent and dissatisfied, and wakes only to pass a day as joyless, as monotonous as the former. Unknown

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 sympathies necessary for my being... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I want a marriage of companions–one of shared lives and shared poems, ' he murmured. 'If we were husband and wife, we would collect books, read, and drink tea together. As I told you before, I'd want you for what's in here.' Again he pointed to my heart, but I felt it in a place far lower in my body. Lisa See

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 studies, a common profession, even a common recreation. All who share it will be our companions; but one or two or three who share something more will be our Friends. In this kind of love, as Emerson said, Do you love me? means Do you see the same truth? - Or at least, "Do you care about the same truth?" The man who agrees with us that some question, little regarded by others, is of great importance can be our Friend. He need not agree with us about the answer. C.s. Lewis

There's something about you, Your eyes speak a story in a language only known to my soul. The kind of communication we as humans dream about, the one that reaches into the core of who you are and loves you for it. It doesn't appear often or by accident & when it happens you just know " There's something about you ". Nikki Rowe

I use your love as a man burns a candle, burns it away, to light his steps. Unknown

There is now a distance, pressing quite persistent, May be only inches apart, but as if an artery is blocked. There now seem some secrets, a word which was earlier so needless. May be they now laugh so less, and even in summers, the air between them feels dense. Who connects? Who neglects? Barely matters when you are no more friends. Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Don’t undermine the mirror that always shows you how good or the otherwise you look for any necessary correction! You may dearly miss its real essence the day it will break and you shall step out only for people to show you the little fault in your appearance that will give you something to ponder over and over! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If I could always read I should never feel the want of company. George Gordon Byron

Already, I seemed to feel my intellect deteriorating, my heart petrifying, my soul contracting; and Itrembled lest my very moral perceptions should become deadened, my distinctions of right and wrong confounded, and all my better faculties be sunk, at last, beneath the baneful influence of such a mode of life. The gross vapors of earth were gathering around me, and closing in upon my inward heaven; and thus it was that Mr. Weston rose at length upon me, appearing like the morning star in my horizon, to save me from the fear of utter darkness; and I rejoiced that I now had a subject for contemplation that was above me, not beneath. Unknown

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. Christopher Earley

Peace is not about who you can live with, but who you can't live without. Shannon L. Alder

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 rain of tears; only I wanted them to be shed on my breast: now a senseless floor has received them, or your drenched handkerchief. But I err: you have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose, then, that your heart has been weeping blood? . Unknown

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. Unknown

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. Mary Ann Shaffer

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 Jagdish Joghee

My flute, M. Poirot, is my oldest companion. When everything else fails, music remains. Agatha Christie

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough Walt Whitman

Ka found it very soothing: for the first time in years, he felt part of a family. In spite of the trials and responsibilities of what was called 'family', he saw now the joys of its unyielding togetherness, and was sorry not to have known more of it in his life. Orhan Pamuk

I want love, passion, honesty, and companionship... sex that drives me crazy and conversation that drives me sane. Steve Maraboli

And that's my comfort--that someone else was there and experienced the same thing. How else could I know it was real and not merely a dream? Craig Thompson

Most people give up finding their soul mate, and settle down to just having a flesh mate. Anthony Liccione

His act was rather that of a harmless lunatic than an enemy. We were not so new to the country as not to know that the solitary life of many a plainsman had a tendency to develop eccentricities of conduct and character not always easily distinguishable from mental aberration. A man is like a tree: in a forest of his fellows he will grow as straight as his generic and individual nature permits; alone, in the open, he yields to the deforming stresses and tortions that environ him. Ambrose Bierce

Silence is a great companion when words are devoid of meanings. Nema AlAraby

Now If diversity were inherently good, inherently valuable, inherently wonderful, why would we have to have the highly-paid profession know as 'diversity consultant' to manage it? Things that are inherently good, to enjoy them, or to make the most of them, you don't need a consultant. You don't need a consultant to make the most out of good-tasting food, beautiful weather, the affection of your friends. Those are inherently good things. Diversity required consultants because diversity is hard. Diversity is difficult. It's because it's difficult for people to try to work, to act, and live together with people who are unlike themselves. Jared Taylor

This time around I was so lonely that I was forced to be face to face with myself. Realizing at the end of the day I only have me and I didn't seem to like my own company. I decided to I had to make myself into someone I can live with. Kandi Dougherty

Toklo raked his companions with a hard glance. “Don’t risk your own safety.”“ I bet you’ll risk yours, ” Lusa said, aware once again of how deeply she trusted this bear.“ That’s what I’m here for, ” Toklo retorted. Erin Hunter

Being apart was wrong. Simply lying side by side did more for a relationship than words. A warm bed, a nest of animal intimacy. Words could be misunderstood, whereas loving companionship bred trust. Michel Faber

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 loss, the death of a spouse is the most disorienting one. Dennis Prager

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 of men's learning is small enough; but I question whether we should allow anyone to waste our time. The wasting of time is an abomination. Girolamo Cardano

Life’s gonna kick you in the butt. That’s 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 else are friends for but to help you make right what isn’t in life? ( Kira, The Mishmorat) Richelle E. Goodrich

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 ourselves. Men are never happy unless they're trying to do the impossible. It's why they roam about the world trying to conquer it. Kim Dong Hwa

I cannot stand the company of men. They flatter or they judge. I can stand neither of the two. Albert Camus

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 friendship.” He pointed to a minor noble, some viscount decked out in his finest foppish frills, who poured a bottle of St. Adom’s Festival wine into the cups of a half-dozen street urchins.“ They need companionship, ” Mihali said. “They need love and brotherhood.” He turned to Tamas. He reached out with one hand, putting a palm to Tamas’s cheek. Instinct told Tamas to step back. He found that he couldn’t.“ You gorged them on the blood of the nobility, ” Mihali said gently. “They drank, but were not filled. They ate of hatred and grew hungrier.” He took a deep breath. “Your intentions were… well, not pure, but just. Justice is never enough.” He let go of Tamas and turned to the square. “I will put things right, ” he said. He puffed out his chest and spread his arms. “I will feed all of Adro. It is what they need. . Brian McClellan

Loneliness is really a wonderful companion that can show us so much about ourselves and others. Bryant McGill

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. Doris Lessing

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. Sylvia Plath

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. I was furious with myself and my own conscious certainty that t his was the cure I needed. Hands are for other humans to hold. They should not be reserved exclusively as perches for hawks. And the wild is not a panacea for the human soul; too much in the air can corrode it to nothing. Helen Macdonald

Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair. Dean Koontz

I wonder if she feels from me the thing I feel about her when I touch her. Not in sex, which he understood now was a different thing from everything else. I just mean when I touch her skin before we sleep and I understand all the things beneath it. Animals can't have that. They can't build their loved ones that way and feel right through their skin. That's never worn off, whatever else. He looked a where she slept. I can't imagine living without that. Cynan Jones

Miss Selina, you have over the past minutes–as in the past months, and indeed, in all the years of your association with him–demonstrated an understanding of Master Bruce, his aspirations, his desires and his demons, that would be the envy of his closest colleagues, who believe they know him better than anybody. It is quite impossible to credit your fear that you ‘will not be good at this, ’ for there is clearly no one in his life better suited to comfort him in tragedy, rejoice with him in triumph, and keep him from being alone in the days and nights in between. If he should ‘give up hope, ’ I have no doubt you would manage the situation with the same sublime felinity you have used to such advantage in the past. Now drink your tea, young woman, and the next time you enjoy, or even sniff, this particular brew, I dare say you will understand how it helps. . Chris Dee

How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own! Unknown

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. Margaret Mead

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 different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then. Diana Gabaldon

Keep anyone with whom you can read in silence. Lemony Snicket

We sit, silent, the comfortable way only good friends can sit. Alex Flinn

Ego, being love's kryptonite; two souls must be on the same page of humility. T.F. Hodge

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. John Green

Solitude sometimes is best society. John Milton

.. . none of us are as sophisticated in these matters as you think. You know I always feel, with every new person, as if I am starting anew. These things are instinctive. What you need to learn is to lay aside your inhibitions, to go back to your childhood when you played marbles or whatever with boys and never thought anything of it. Azar Nafisi

He is not my focus, " Diana told writer Rodney Tyler of Arne. "He’s my husband, my companion, my lover, my confidant. But not my focus. I wasn’t lost, then found by Arne. I was single and met a wonderful man and we enjoyed each other’s company and enjoyed our times together. So it was not lost and found. That’s crap. I have never been lost. J. Randy Taraborrelli

Let me lay bare my soulto show you’re not alonein this naked rawness- Vulnerable Abby Rosmarin

Before building any relationship, think on how your partner could be the best companion to you in achieving your life’s earnest goals Rajasaraswathii

If you want to read about love and marriage you've got to buy two separate books. Alan King

When you are in love with someone you want to be near him all the time except when you are out buying things and charging them to him. Miss Piggy

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Andre Maurois

The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich

You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without. Anonymous

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman! Maryon Pearson

Love is an act of endless forgiveness a tender look which becomes a habit. Peter Ustinov

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. Winston Churchill

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day ah now that's a real treat. Joanne Woodward

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long intricate intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner. Amy Bloom

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction. Antoine De SaintExupery

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up. Barbara Bush

Love: Two minds without a single thought. Philip Barry

Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons longing as all individuals do to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals can participate in a relationship that for the moment is not of two isolated selves but a union. Rollo May

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste. David Bissonette

You can't put a price tag on love but you can on all its accessories. Melanie Clark

When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. Elizabeth Bowen

No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying. Anonymous

"The whole world loves a lover" is an interesting theory but a very bad legal defense. Keith Sullivan

They say love is blind .. . and marriage is an insritution. Well I'm nor ready for an instirurion for rhe blind just yet. Mae West

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and boughr jewelry. Rita Rudner

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her .. . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. W. Somerset Maugham

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have the older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie

So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it and sometimes three. Alexandre Dumas

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar a custom which is still continued. Helen Rowland

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin

In the race for love I was scratched. Joan Davis

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for go live with a car battery. Erma Bombeck

To keep the fire burning brightly there's one easy rule: Keep the two logs together near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart - about a finger's breadth - for breathing room. Good fire good marriage same rule. Marnie Reed Crowell

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich. Estee Lauder

Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. Mark Twain

One of the silliest lines ever said in a feature film came from Love Story the 1970s hit which immortalized the phrase "Love means never having to say you're sorry." There are few people who would actually want to share a life with someone who held that concept near and dear. Marge Kennedy