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Quotes About Companionship

There were smart people, yes. There were people with whom you might have a decent conversation for twenty minutes. But to find someone who you wanted to talk to for 609 hours—that was rare. Even Marx—Marx was devoted, creative, and bright, but he was not Sadie.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books
~ Gabrielle Zevin
We read to know were not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas Marner, Their Eyes Were Watching God, or I Capture the Castle. Those books are like old friends.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We are not quite novels.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My
~ Gabrielle Zevin
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.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Skaitome tam, kad nesijaustume vieniši. Skaitome d?l to, kad esame vieniši. Skaitome ir nesijau?iame vieniši. Mes nesame vieniši.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Leemos para saber que no estamos solos. Leemos porque estamos solos. Leemos y no estamos solos. No estamos solos.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Fun is having a smart, pretty, easy wife with whom you get to spend every working day.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Skaitome tam, kad nesijaustume vieniši. Skaitome d?l to, kad esame vieniši. Skaitome ir nesijau?iame vieniši.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
My books can be divided into dog eras. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was begun in the era of Edie and Frank and completed in the era of Leia and Frank. Good dogs, all.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back -- I know you won't hurt me, even though you can. It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down a road. And someday, you do not know when, he, or indeed she, will be there. You will be loved because for the first time in your life, you will truly not be alone. You will have chosen to not be alone.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
gregarious hermit. I wanted the warmth of spontaneous connection and the freedom to be left alone.
~ Gail Caldwell
You got sober. You started work at the Globe. You started therapy. You got Clementine" (my first Samoyed). Here she gave me the side-eye and smiled. "And me, I might add.
~ Gail Caldwell
Finding Caroline was like placing a personal ad for an imaginary friend, then having her show up at your door funnier and better than you had conceived. Apart, we had each been frightened drunks and aspiring writers and dog lovers; together, we became a small corporation.
~ Gail Caldwell
Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to his heart. Come with me,' he said. Come with me to battle, My love. Tarry at my side. Stay with me When battle is done. Tarry at my side. Laugh with me, And walk with me The long, long way. Tarry with me, My love, at my side.
~ Gail Carson Levine
May their having each other make more of them both.
~ Gail Godwin
One does not make friends. One recognizes them.
~ Garth Henrichs
I'll give you a theory: Man's closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.
~ Garth Stein
But I wondered why they had waited for Eve's illness to make themselves available for companionship.
~ Garth Stein