Quotes About Bond

The only love she inspires is the canine kind.

What I think you should consider...is the rarity of finding a playmate.

It's more than romantic. It's better than romance. It's friendship." Sam laughed. "Who cares about romance anyway?

Maybe the sex wouldn't have been exceptional, but it wouldn't have mattered. Because the other things they had were finer than sex. Because he loved Sadie. It was one of only a handful of things that he knew to be a constant about himself. The greatest pleasures of his life had been when he was by her side, playing or inventing.

When you figured out Sam's dead mother's name, you decided that it was fate, and from that day forward, Sam would be your brother. A name is destiny, if you think it is.

No," Sam said. "We've never…It's more than romantic. It's better than romance. It's friendship.

What I think you should consider," Alabaster said, "is the rarity of finding a playmate in either this world or the other world.

It's more than romantic. It's better than romance It's friendship.

She almost seemed to be an extension of him, and he, of her.

She's my best friend," Sam said. "Sure," Marx said, "I get that. But is it, you know—I hope this isn't weird that I'm asking this—is it romantic? Or has it ever been romantic?" "No," Sam said. "We've never…It's more than romantic. It's better than romance. It's friendship.

porcupine heart. Ismay, A.J.'s choice for godmother, grabs his hand.

You may not ever have a romantic relationship with Sadie, but you two will be friends for the rest of your lives, and that is something of equal or greater value, if you choose to see it that way.

I love you, Sadie," Sam said. "I know, Sam. I love you, too.

When the baby sees Ismay, she bawls. "She must miss her mother," Ismay says. "Maybe I remind her of her mother?" A.J. nods, though he thinks the real cause is that his sister-in-law frightens the baby.

Love you," she repeats.

It's and old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.

Caroline and I had reached out to each other from similar shelters of quiet and solitude.

Being I loved, I think, is another matter entirely, a neighboring city on the same train route, connected but by no means destiny. If and when the bond takes both ways, you have a third entity, which is the thing the lover and the loved create together. This is called history, or experience, and the strong it is, the more power it has to muck about with the sense of self.

IT'S AN OLD, OLD STORY: I HAD A FRIEND AND WE shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.

I want to be with you forever and beyond...

It was more like I saw him coming and knew he was the one. I went out of myself to meet him and then couldn't get back inside without bringing him with me.

Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child.

Many people find it easier to live together when that commitment is voluntarily renewed. The

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.