#companionship

The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#dead-people #writing #friendship

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent friend. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#companionship #discovery #dog #friend #friendship

No, he said, we are not alone. I have you, and you have me. And there is Arya and Nasuada and Orik, and many others besides who will help us along our way. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#brisingr #companionship #friendship #friendship

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#because #being #books #companionship #conscious

Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#companionship #competition #cooperation #success #imagination

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

I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. " He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. "And I need you, Merit. ↗

— Chloe Neill

#companionship #ethan #love #merit #need

How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#desire #love #need #security #sylvia-plath

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#loneliness #marriage #single #spinsterhood #marriage

Ah. I smiled. I'm not really here to keep you from freaking out. I'm here to be with you while you freak out, or grieve or laugh or suffer or sing. It is a ministry of presence. It is showing up with a loving heart. ↗

— Kate Braestrup

#ministry #love