Christopher Isherwood Quotes

I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.

When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

After you've listened to it, you'll feel like you know us a little bit better.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

When I am linked with close friends, it affects my friendship with them, and that's upsetting.

Miz and I have known each other for a long time, and we really know, like, how to get at each other's nerves.

I used to think that's what love was: knowing someone so well he was like a part of you.

Because they knew each other's thoughts, they even quarrelled without speaking.

Friends, lovers, or nothing, we can really only ever be one.

I think romance basically starts with respect. And new romance always starts with respect. Like the song 'Love the One You're With'; there is something to that. It's not just make love to whomever you're with, it's just love whomever you're with.

I think of friendship in terms of love.

Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

You know there is no one in the world I would rather sleep with than Yuki.

Remember to let her into your heart.

No.” He wouldn’t lie about that. Not to her. And not because she’d rip him to pieces when she discovered the truth. “I can’t give you forever.” The nibbling increased in intensity, leaving a bead of blood in the center of her mouth. “Because we’re not a good match?” Of course she would remember every insult he’d ever thrown at her. “Yes.” “Then what can you give me?” “Here. Now.” Something his body craved more with every second that passed.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. "All I want is you" is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it.

I think relationships are very difficult. It's very easy to get swept away with excitement, glamour, and passion. I think the trick is to look for friendship rather than passion.