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We choose--or choose not--to be alone when we decide whom we will accept as our fellows, and whom we will reject. Thus an eremite in… — Gene Wolfe
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all… — Washington Irving
Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. — Jane Austen
Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts… — Christopher Marlowe
Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions… — Friedrich Nietzsche
. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there. "It's a girl," Jace said,recovering… — Cassandra Clare
To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions. — Jonathan Lethem
Regret is the most tiresome of companions. — Richard Paul Evans
Whatever will happen will happen, but choose your companions with care. Choose them because you like to look at them and you like the sound… — Anne Rice
As a teenage daughter hears her sweet mother plead unto the Lord that her daughter will be inspired in the selection of her companions, that… — Thomas S. Monson
Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey.… — Saul Alinsky
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my… — Annie Dillard
Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions… — Karen Armstrong
Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry… — Yann Martel
Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing… — Jeffrey Archer
Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print. — Barbara Tuchman
She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually… — Jane Austen
These were the companions who justified my principles, who gave me the strength to continue against any foe, real or imagined. These were the companions… — R A Salvatore
Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Master said, “To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned—is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from… — Confucius
Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find… — J.R.R. Tolkien
You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends,… — Christopher Paolini

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