“I moved a pillow aside... preferring the joyful company of the delusional to the miserable company of the sane.”
“I prefer the company of books.”
“I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.”
“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
“To dream in isolation can be properly splendid to be sure; but to dream in company seems to me infinitely preferable.”