Charlotte Bronte Quotes

You need somebody just to say, 'Hey, I'm here for you. Do you need anything?' If you can get somebody like that, you can make it, no question about it. You can make it.

I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

There are some people who make you feel less lonely.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

I want Charo to live with me in my house. I want to have her in my pocket whenever I need cheering up.

We all need friends, and friends are there to hold you up when nothing else can.

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

I'm happiest when I'm with people who have known me for years.

I would say that for me while growing up, music was my best friend in many ways, and I hope my music can do that for others, to make them feel less alone.

Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.

Music is my friend, my constant companion.

Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucy’s nose as if she was a child. “Friends are the support bras of life. We don’t let each other down. Right?

I'm here, Tess. I'm right here, holding your hand. Adam's here, too, he's sitting on the other side of the bed. And Cal. Mum's on her way, she'll be just a minute. We all love you, Tessa. We're all right here with you.

Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.

Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

It wasn't the kind of touch that said, Hey, I've got a plan, so hang in there because we're going to get out of this. It was more like the kind of touch that simply said, You aren't alone. It was really the only thing he could offer. And in that moment, it was enough.

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds.