Quotes about Companionship

I want to marry a girl, I told them, so I can rest my soul with her till we both get old.

Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Would you like a . . . a cup of cider?" She thought she heard him laugh. "A cup of cider? In the middle of the night?" She smiled, knowing he couldn't see her, but it felt good after a day spent worrying. "It's silly. I'm sorry. Never mind." "No! I'd like a cup of a cider. Or a cup of . . . anything . . . with you, ma'am.

I'll be your friend, Molly Whitcomb, the best friend I know how to be." He caressed the side of her face and traced her lower lip with his thumb. "Until you're ready for me to be something more.

She didn't ask where they were going. She just leaned back and stared up into the dark night sky. He would have been hard-pressed to explain it to anyone, but he'd never felt so much like a man as he did when he was with her. He wanted to protect her, provide for her, make her laugh, love her in every way he could. And he liked that she didn't have to fill every moment with words too.

Odd how you can live the bulk of your life without someone. Then once you meet her and she becomes part of your life, you can't imagine living another day without sharing it with her.

Evidently, whatever else marriage might prevent, it was not a remedy for isolation of spirit.

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.