“The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” – Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Chapter 24. Victor Frankenstein to Walton.
It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing. – George Woodcock
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. – George Henry Lewes
