He's often said that the affinity made-for-each-other theory must be pure nonsense; that you meet during your little life hundreds of people who all have more or less of an affinity for you-some more, some less-and that it's practically your duty to fuse that alikeness wherever you meet it.
"Secret Bread"
F. Tennyson Jesse
The two, so far apart in years, were united by a strong natural bond of sympathy and alikeness.
"Gigolo"
Edna Ferber