#companion

And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us. ↗

— James Frey

#fellowship #togetherness #life

Who are we without our memories? ↗

— Marta Acosta

#la-vie #life #memories #truth #life

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#life

She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people... ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#companionship #right

I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me." He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#cheerfulness #companionship #balance

People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#communication #companies #companion-animals #delusion #education

We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#english #had #kindly #learn #letters

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. ↗

— Paul Valery

#companion #created #feel #finding #gave

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough ↗

— Walt Whitman

#contentment #family #family

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#brought #card #catalog #companion #house