#companions

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#capital #companions #fellows #grown #mates

In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#big city #city #companionship #early #friendship

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think. ↗

— Denis Thatcher

#companionship #course #happy #happy life #i

I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers. ↗

— Niki Lauda

#costs #coworkers #employ #flight #i

Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#companionship #dances #forgiveness #happiness #life

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . . ↗

— Jennifer Haigh

#companionship #family #growing-up #secrets #sisters

Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion. ↗

— Mikhail Naimy

#endurance #friendship #friendship

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