“My point is that it's really hard for people to live their lives alone.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, poemhunter.com
“I know that true love is supposed to be companionship, growing old together, blah blah blah. I thought that was what friends were for, not sexual partners!”— John Waters, amazon.com
“You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.”— Henrik Ibsen, amazon.com
“I’m blown away by how happy you make me. Thank you for being there for me when I’m stupid enough to think I’d rather be alone.”— Adam Silvera, amazon.com
“Come over. I don’t really mind whether we talk for hours, get blind drunk, or sit in silence and look up to the stars. Sometimes, the world down here just gets a bit much, and I need to lose myself in someone’s company for a little while.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, amazon.com
“That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they’re pretty. It’s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.”— John Green, amazon.com
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“You are in my blood. I can’t help it. We can’t be anywhere except together.”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, writerswrite.co.za
“We like companionship, see, but we can’t stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost, come back for a while, then get the hell out again.”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“Don’t want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.”— Nikki Giovanni, play.spotify.com
“Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.”— Bob Dylan, bobdylan.com
“It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”— Epictetus, goodreads.com