300 Quotes About Companionship
- Author Stendhal
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An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table.
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- Author Théophile Gautier
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Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its own society to be with you.
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- Author Michel Faber
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Being apart was wrong. Simply lying side by side did more for a relationship than words. A warm bed, a nest of animal intimacy. Words could be misunderstood, whereas loving companionship bred trust.
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- Author Rod McKuen
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Looking back few friends had webut I've got him and he's got me.And when the golden minute comeswhen we no longer wake to smellthe river where the wild swans sailedthe orchard where the blossoms fell,we'll smile a little thinkin' of that.Me in my shirt-tails, him with his whiskersme and the cat.
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- Author Lisa See
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I want a marriage of companions—one of shared lives and shared poems,' he murmured. 'If we were husband and wife, we would collect books, read, and drink tea together. As I told you before, I'd want you for what's in here.'Again he pointed to my heart, but I felt it in a place far lower in my body.
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- Author Valentin Rasputin
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It's sinful with him and lonely without him.
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- Author Germany Kent
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A healthy relationship is one where you can't wait to see that person. You love to be around that person. You can't get enough of that person. You're at your best when you're with that person.
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- Author Percy Bysshe Shelley
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I love tranquil solitude,And such societyAs is quiet, wise, and good.Song
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- Author Neal Shusterman
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How do you fill it?’ Connor asks. 'How do you fill the … the space?’And to Cam’s own amazement, he has an answer. 'Bit by bit,’ he says, 'and not alone.
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