Quotes About Companionship

Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one's friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion.

In Vietnam. That's where I had to fight. I don't talk about it much, but now that you ask, I think it's why I love this dog. We've both had to fight a lot, and neither of us is mean or angry. At least I don't think we are.

Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and intolerant he had felt so often , waking in the middle of the night to the relentless shoving and pushing of his undesirable and selfish bedfellow.

I will never love anyone who is not first my friend. I wonder if you could be my friend.

I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.

He was my best friend and I needed him.

We didn't talk. Didn't need to talk.

I didn't know what to do or say, so I just sat as quietly as he did. The silence got so big and real that it felt like three people sat on the porch.

Have I chosen friends because they smell like absence?

I'm here because I know the sadness inside you. I know what it feels like to wake in the morning, lost and lonely and aching for someone to be there with me. (Sebastian)

I've never met anyone who had a monkey for a friend before. (Maggie) I don't know. I think those two guys you were with would qualify as primates, but then, that's an insult to the primate and I don't want Marvin to get pissed at me. He has higher sensibilities, you know? (Wren)

Personally, I wish D. would come after me, I need a good dance partner. My Daimons have lame legs. (Acheron)

No offense, but I'm getting stir-crazy. Can we please go downstairs and hang in the bar or do anything that keeps me from sitting here bored out of my mind while the three of you watch me grow eyebrow hair? I mean really, I am fine. I'm not going to spontaneously combust or do anything else freaky. Promise. (Tory)

Save me, Shahara. Save me from the lonely nights that never end. (Syn)

I'll wait out here until the two of you are finished. Just call out if you need anything. Like a priest, cop, or lion tamer. (Aimee)

We're always alone. You can be in a crowded room and still feel the bite of loneliness. Personally, I find that it bites deepest whenever others are around.

What's this? (Fang) One for all and all for fun, my friend. You didn't think I'd let you fight demons all on your own, did you? (Thorn)

Hey, Sunshine, your friend's awake. What's his name? (Starla) I don't know, Starla. I didn't ask. (Sunshine) You look like a Steve. Are you hungry, Steve? (Starla)

Life wasn't easy. It wasn't supposed to be. Yet with the right person, even the worst journey was tolerable. More than that, it could be fun. It wasn't about learning to suffer through the storm to make it to the daylight. Life was about running through the rain and laughing even while it soaked you to the bone. Dodging the lightning strikes and daring it to come for you.

Cassandra sat on the floor with Chris and Kat, playing Life. They had tried to play Trivial Pursuit earlier only to learn that a Dark-Hunter and an immortal handmaiden to a goddess had a decidedly unfair advantage over Cassandra and Chris. In Life, the only thing that mattered was luck.' (Cassandra)

I can't imagine a man so handsome without a line of willing women fighting behind him. (Channon) Looks aren't all there is in this world, my lady. They are certainly no protection against being alone. Hearts never see through the eyes. (Sebastian)

So would you like to join me for something to eat? (Jericho) As long as it doesn't involve the entrails of demons, I might be persuaded. (Delphine) Demon entrails have no appeal for me, either. Zeus's are another matter. (Jericho)

Life's not about security. It's about picking up the pieces after it's all over and carrying on. We can choose to be cowards who fear letting someone inside us, and do that alone. Or we can choose to be brave and let someone stand by our side and help us.

She's been hanging out with Nick." – Acheron "Nick? As in I-hate-your-guts-Ash-go-die Nick?" – Tory