Quotes About Companionship

The instinct is not completely satisfied unless a man's whole being, mental quite as much as physical, enters into the relation. Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give; unconsciously, if not consciously, they feel this and the resulting disappointment inclines them towards envy, oppression, and cruelty.

When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able to talk with this person into old age?' Everything else is transitory; the most time is spent in conversation.

To many men home is a refuge from the truth: it is their fears and their timidities that make them enjoy a companionship in which these feelings are put to rest. They seek from their wives what they obtained formerly from an unwise mother, and yet they are surprised if their wives regard them as grown-up children.

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

Sometimes all you could do for the suffering was to make sure they knew someone was suffering right there with them. Someone who had also felt stricken, and smitten, and afflicted.

Thank You, Lord, for giving me the right kind of companions.

As we seek to know His will and go where He sends us, God doesn't just wait for us at our next stop. He travels every mile right beside us.

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'

I have two dogs and a parrot, so they require a lot of attention. They deserve it.

The two things that I require for anyone who's around me: you need to love food, and you need to be able to laugh.

One of my best and dearest friends in the world is this guy named Robert Burke, who was in 'Rescue Me.'

I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.

Judi Dench told me to shut up once. I was probably going on and on about something, in the way that I do sometimes, so she was being a good friend.

I love shutting my front door and being at home with just my dog and me. That's when I'm happiest.

Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.

God bless you if you have one child, but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings, and I have so many amazing, precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

I do believe that O'Zell needs a sibling. She needs to have someone to play with.

I'm one of six and would be lost without my siblings. We're really close. They always understand what I'm going through.

I always wanted siblings.

I remember in grade school having a group of friends and enjoying that sense of community, enjoying living in an imaginary world that wasn't just by yourself or your sibling but a whole group of people.

I had a great relationship with my parents, but there's something about hanging out with your older sibling that just has a whole new level of cool for a kid.

You grow up... you spend five years rooming with each other, and you're going to get sick of each other at times. And you're going to have some good times as well.

My mother used to ask me to stay home from school and keep her company. I'd fake I was sick, and she'd fake believing me.