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Quotes About Companionship

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
~ Goethe
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
~ Goethe
Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, "You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
The trick, my brethren and sisters is to enjoy the journey, traveling hand in hand, in sunshine and storm, as companions who love one another.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you. Be generous in helping the unfortunate and those in distress. But bind to you friends of your own kind. Friends who will encourage you. Stand with you. Live as you desire to live; who will enjoy the same kind of entertainment; and who will resist the evil that you determine to resist.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
I hope that you mothers will realize that when all is said and done, you have no more compelling responsibility, nor any laden with greater rewards, than the nurture you give your children in an environment of security, peace, companionship, love, and motivation to grow and do well.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
side of Vicki's, with Alfred on the other,
~ Gordon Basichis
Friendship is much more important to a man than marriage.
~ Gordon Merrick
A house was not a home without animals.
~ Abby Geni, The Wildlands, 2018
I had to have company — I was made for it, I think — so I made friends with the animals. They are just charming, and they have the kindest disposition and the politest ways; they never look sour, they never let you feel that you are intruding, they smile at you and wag their tail, if they've got one, and they are always ready for a romp or an excursion or anything you want to propose. I think they are perfect gentlemen.
~ Mark Twain
I pet her and she pays me back in purrs.
~ Terri Guillemets
Cat lovers' hearts are meow-shaped and covered in stray fur.
~ Terri Guillemets
Paws carry heart and fur, Whiskers and vibrato purr.
~ Terri Guillemets
The house of the childless is empty; and so is the heart of him that hath no wife.
~ Hitopadesa
Man does not live by coffee alone. Have a danish.
~ Author Unknown
A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.
~ Author Unknown
Home is where the dog is.
~ Abby Geni, "Dogs," 2012
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
~ Samuel Butler
An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.
~ Robert Brault
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
~ Author unknown, 1940s
A dog iz the only thing on this earth that luvs yu more than he luvs himself
~ Josh Billings, 1871
Friends are sprinkles on the donut of life.
~ Internet meme
A girl without a friend is like the spring without roses.
~ French proverb