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Quotes About Companionship

If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair.
~ Samuel Johnson
The function of a friend is not to have a function.
~ Detlef Cordes
Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal clinging to it, jerk into the air. Mercedes's scream came to their ears. They saw Charles turn and make one step to run back, and then a whole section of ice give way and dogs and humans disappear. A yawning hole was all that was to be seen. The bottom had dropped out of the trail. John Thornton and Buck looked at each other. You poor devil, said John Thornton, and Buck licked his hand.
~ Jack London
He tried to sniff with her, but she retreated playfully and coyly. Every advance on his part was accompanied by a corresponding retreat on her part. Step by step she was luring him away from the security of his human companionship
~ Jack London
tottered through the forest, sitting down often to rest, what of weakness and of shortness of breath. One day While Fang encountered a young wolf, gaunt and scrawny, loose-jointed with famine.  Had he not been hungry himself, White Fang might have gone with him and
~ Jack London
The master rode alone that day; and in the woods, side by side, White Fang ran with Collie, as his mother, Kiche, and old One Eye had run long years before in the silent Northland forest.
~ Jack London
superior air, gained his feet, and walked over to White Fang. He talked soothingly to him, but not for long, then slowly put out his hand, rested it on White Fang's head, and resumed the interrupted
~ Jack London
this in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone
~ Jack London
Many of the agents Douglas met during his travels had much more soul than a beaver skin, and developed lifelong friendships with the collector. One of those was Archibald McDonald, whom Douglas had asked to help replace his chewed-up grouse skins. Archie's mixed-blood son Ranald, who knew Douglas between the ages of one and ten, later recalled him as a close companion of his youth. John
~ Jack Nisbet
We make a notable company, declared Travante. I am as I am! Sir Pom-Pom is strong and brave, while Madouc is clever and resourceful. Also, with her copper-gold curls, her wry little face and her eyes of heartbreak blue she is both quaint and vastly appealing.
~ Jack Vance
True friendship must be akin to romance, I think; only without all the anguish and anxiety.
~ Jacqueline Carey
I will be your friend, then, for the ancient Hellenes said a good friend may stand between a man and his moira. Do you know what that means?' 'Fate.' I answered unthinking...
~ Jacqueline Carey
We knew each other's histories and secrets, hopes and fears and dreams. When you need to get good and drunk, that's the kind of person you want keeping pace with you. "Okay
~ Jacqueline Carey
Qué importa ya si me he quedado muda en un mundo en donde no tengo nadie con quien hablar?
~ Jacqueline Harpman
Pasan lentos los días y muchas veces estuvimos solos. Pero luego hay momentos felices para dejarse ser en amistad.
~ Jaime Gil de Biedma
her fellow passengers: "My
~ James A. Michener
P) The 5 × 5 RULE You're the average of the 5 people you spend time with. You're the average of the 5 thoughts you most have. You're the average of the 5 types of food you eat. You're the average of the 5 things you are most grateful for. You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.
~ James Altucher
The 5 × 5 RULE You're the average of the 5 people you spend time with. You're the average of the 5 thoughts you most have. You're the average of the 5 types of food you eat. You're the average of the 5 things you are most grateful for. You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.
~ James Altucher
The most important thing in life," she told me, "more important than anything else by far, is friendship.
~ James Altucher
I had a girl friend, named Geneva, a kind of loud, raunchy girl ... and she was always into something. Naturally she was my best friend, since I was never into anything. I was skinny and scared and so I followed her and got into all her shit. Nobody else wanted me, really, and you know that nobody else wanted her.
~ James Baldwin
We were a part of each other, flesh of each other's flesh-which meant that we so took each other for granted that we never thought of the flesh.
~ James Baldwin
We're all bastards. That's why we need our friends.
~ James Baldwin
We're all bastards. That's why we need our friends.
~ James Baldwin
I have been alone so long—I do not think I would be able to live if I had to be alone again.
~ James Baldwin