Quotes About Companionship

Not worried about the decor, Brandt. Seriously. Just find us some place where no one you knew from the good old days is going to walk in on us." "The Black Bear Inn it is," Will said (...) "For the record, those weren't the good old days. These days with you, these are the good old days. Right now.

Being alone wasn't nearly as lonely as being with people who didn't love you

That's something I missed, lying in bed listening to the rain with someone I loved. That's something I missed, having someone I loved.

I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.

weary soldiers who went through a war together, side by

Ava never used the phrase "have a dog." A relationship with a dog was a mutual one, with no ownership. Most human beings were unlikely to ever experience—even with a lover, a parent, or a child—the kind of unconditional acceptance and devotion a dog will offer to the human in his or her life.

the idea of having for one's partner a person whose presence in the room transformed it for you—someone who felt that way about you—seemed the only thing worth pursuing. If you couldn't have that, you'd do better on your own. Before

Not until we learned of his illness, and we walked the path of that terrible struggle together, did I understand what it meant to be a couple - to be a true partner and to have one. I learned the full meaning of marriage only as mine was drawing to a close. I discovered what love was as mine departed the world. This is our story.

We lived less like husband and wife, it seemed, than affectionate brother and sister. I told myself there were worse things a person could say about her life than that.

estaba solo, y cuando la soledad nos importa somos capaces de cumplir todas las vilezas adecuadas para asegurarnos compañía, oídos y ojos que nos atiendan.

Porque no se había animado a aceptar que la vida es otra cosa, que la vida es aquello que no puede hacerse en compañía de mujeres fieles ni hombres sensatos, porque había cerrado los ojos y se había entregado, como los demás

Il était seul, et quand la solitude nous préoccupe, on devient capable de faire n'importe quelle bassesse pour s'assurer une compagnie, une oreille et des yeux attentifs. Je parle d'eux, les autres, pas de moi.

Se te converteres noutro sem deixares de ser tu, nunca mais te sentirás sozinho.

Y pensé, de pronto, en Platero, que, aunque iba debajo de mí, se me había olvidado.

yo no soy yo soy este que va a mi lado sin yo verlo; que, a veces, voy a ver, y que, a veces, olvido. El que calla, sereno, cuando hablo, el que perdona, dulce, cuando odio, el que pasea por donde no estoy, el que quedará en pié cuando yo muera.

I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; who remains calm and silent while I talk, and forgives, gently, when I hate, who walks where I am not, who will remain standing when I die.

takes away the loneliness. When I'm with her I'm not lonely.

She mourned what every human being mourns in the first moments of full adulthood—that even inside a friend's arms one can be totally, absolutely alone.

We are friends for life. When we're together the years fall away. Isn't that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you've come?

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

There are no friends; only moments of friendship.

Toch hield Gombrowski van zijn vrouwen, stuk voor stuk, hoe verschillend ze ook waren. Mannen hadden geen persoonlijkheid, ze waren allemaal hetzelfde. Wie een echt leven wilde, moest zich omringen met vrouwen.

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

When it comes to love, dogs make pretty steep competition for us people. And rightly so.