Amity Quotes
15 quotes
"I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity."
"Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world."
"When you know my love, my love will warm you."
"Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give."
"Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone."
"Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone."
"WE two boys together clinging,One the other never leaving,Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making,Power enjoying, elbows stretching, fingers clutching,Arm'd and fearless, eating, drinking, sleeping, loving.No law less than ourselves owning, sailing, soldiering, thieving,threatening,Misers, menials, priests alarming, air breathing, water drinking, onthe turf or the sea-beach dancing,Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feeblenesschasing,Fulfilling our foray."
"...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it."
"When I ache to live, my mind loves to stay with the peaceful whiteness of a pigeon’s care...in boundless amity.."
"Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life."
"A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend."His Mother says: "Why did you fight with your friend?""Because he demanded something of me, and I would not give it to him.""Why did you not give it to him?""Because it was mine.""My son, you now have possessions, but you do not have your friend. Which would you rather have?""My friend.""Then give freely, trusting that you will also be given what you need."
"How we need another soul to cling to."
"I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be."
"I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent"
"I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. "He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. "And I need you, Merit."