Celeste Ng Quotes

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Being in a relationship grounds you. You feel a sense of home.

The allure of love is to have someone who knows you so well that you don't have to explain yourself. It is the promise of someone who cares enough about you to protect you against the world of strangers who do not wish you well.

In the light of trust, as it develops slowly over time, you will find that you are a privileged child of the universe, entirely safe, entirely supported, entirely loved.

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.

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.

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.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.

Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.

Marriage has made me safer.

Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.

Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek a woman who understands and protects that with her life.

The cute thing about being in a relationship is that you always miss being around your partner. After marriage, the good part is that you've got them forever. You have everything you wanted, and there's nothing more to achieve.

I like someone who can make me laugh and can make me feel secure.

One of the key factors of life is love, and the key factor of God is love, so having that understanding is really important in a relationship. Having someone that genuinely respects you and understands your life and is open to hearing about your life is really cool.

Everybody understands companionship, wants it, gets it, no matter what it looks like.

I'm glad my parents found a perfect match for me in Sonalika. The secret to our successful marriage is that we give each other respect and space. We are friends and not just spouses.

Love for me is comfort. I feel most loved and most capable of giving love when I am around people or in places that make me comfortable.