Kenko Yoshida Quotes

It's not so," I said. "And how long do you think it will sustain you, feeling and seeing and touching and tasting, if there is no love? No one with you?

You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.

If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.

Every heart desires a mate.

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.

You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and its good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

This whole thing about a woman staying alone and being happy is just a myth. Everyone needs someone in their lives.

If one is aware and alive, then it is one's relationships that make you live. It makes life worth living.

When you're in New York, there's women galore. At the end of the day, when I'm by myself or even, at times, when there was a woman next to me, I was feeling alone. It was not the same as it is with my wife. The experience is not the same; the time is not the same.

I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that.

But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--

Because I have been lonely, I value love.

Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.

I've got a dream lover, so I don't have to dream alone.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.

To love and be loved is all we know and all we need to know.

I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.