Julie Burchill Quotes

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

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

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

I always thought I needed the support of someone in a long-term relationship to make me whole.

I don't want to be alone my whole life. It is much more fun to share what you have than to have it to yourself. And it isn't like I don't have love in my life. I have a lot of friends who love me and who I love.

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be.

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

I want a man in my life, not in my house.

If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.

You know, it's possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

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

Marriage can provide a bounty of emotional, practical, and financial support. But finding the right mate is no substitute for having friends and other interests.

I don't think I need a significant other to be happy because I always like to find that for myself, but I think that it makes me a lot happier when I'm sharing my life with somebody.

I feel like I see so much online of people being cynical about never being able to find love, and it's become, like, cool. You don't need it by any means. You can live without it, and you can totally be self-independent and happy. But you can also be in a great relationship that's rewarding and loving and caring - and that exists.

Two of man's basic needs are to love and to share. Both of these needs are satisfied in greater or lesser degree by friendship.

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

I'm self-sufficient, but it's brilliant to have people in your life that you love, who love you and are important to you.

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