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Quotes About Friendship

It seemed as if the valley were not always girded by woods, growing on the surrounding hills and facing away from the horizon, but the trees had only taken up their places now, rising out of the ground to offer their condolences. He almost waved away the tangible beauty of the hour like a crowd of persistent friends, almost said to the lingering afterglow, 'thank you, thank you, I'll be all right.'
~ Boris Pasternak
Since the moment I saw her yesterday, I've been looking through the sparkly prism of exhilaration that comes with any old flame. But now, for the first time, I'm not just seeing what I want. I'm seeing what my friend needs.
~ Brad Meltzer
Pam described herself as the person in fifth grade who got left behind when her friends got popular.
~ Brad Meltzer
Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
~ Brad Meltzer
These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Through them I have come to know your great England; and to know her is to love her. I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London, to be in the midst of the whirl and rush of humanity, to share its life, its change, its death, and all that makes it what it is.
~ Bram Stoker
You must not be alone; for to be alone is to be full of fears amd alarms.
~ Bram Stoker
I wish I could comfort all who suffer from the heart. Will you let me be your friend, and will you come to me for comfort if you need it?
~ Bram Stoker
What a fine fellow is Quincey! I believe in my heart of hearts that he suffered as much about Lucy's death as any of us, but he bore himself through it like a moral Viking. If America can go on breeding men like that, she will be a power in the world indeed.
~ Bram Stoker
She told me that she did not like the idea of your being in that house all by yourself, and that she thought you took too much strong tea. In fact she wants me to advise you if possible to give up the tea and the very late hours.
~ Bram Stoker
My Life is a barren and lonely one, and so full of work that I have not had much time for friendships...I have known so many good people and seen such nobility that I feel more than ever-and it has grown with my advancing years-the lonliness of my life. Believe, me, then, that I come here full of respect for you, and you have given me hope-hope, not in what I am seeking of, but that there are good women still left to make life happy. Dr Van Helsing to Mia Seward.
~ Bram Stoker
I comforted him as well as I could. In such cases men do not need much expression. A grip of the hand, the tightening of an arm over the shoulder, a sob in unison, are expressions of sympathy dear to a man's heart.
~ Bram Stoker
Could you look, sir, into my heart, you would approve to the full the sentiments which animate me. Nay, more, you would count me amongst the best and truest of your friends.
~ Bram Stoker
You must not be alone, for to be alone is to be full of fears and alarms.
~ Bram Stoker
Friend John, I pity your poor bleeding heart; and I love you the more because it does so bleed.
~ Bram Stoker
I am glad you found your way in here, for I am sure there is much that will interest you. These companions, and he laid his hand on some of the books, have been good friends to me and for some years past, ever since I had the good idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure.
~ Bram Stoker
If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me. Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that's rarer than a lover, it's more selfish anyhow.
~ Bram Stoker
Friend John, there are strange and terrible days before us. Let us not be two, but one, that so we work to a good end. Will you not have faith in me?
~ Bram Stoker
I hope you will write occasionally? Some token of your impressions?" "Oh! I shall not spare you. It is the right of a traveller to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends. Expect long descriptions of everything.
~ Susanna Clarke
he hoped his enemies all had reason to fear him and his friends reason to love him...
~ Susanna Clarke
Even a magician must have relations
~ Susanna Clarke
I am surrounded by ancient friends and allies, Rogue, what do you have to counter that? Vinculus thrust out his dirty chin at the gentleman in a gesture of the utmost contempt. A book! he said.
~ Susanna Clarke
and a couple of days later he sent Strange a haggis (a sort of Scotch pudding) as a present.
~ Susanna Clarke
Brilliant! Thank you! But what I value even more than the shoes themselves is the proof they give of our friendship! I consider the possession of such a friend as you to be one of the greatest happinesses of my Life!
~ Susanna Clarke
Don't disappear,' I tell her sternly. 'Do not disappear.' She makes a rueful, amused face. 'I won't,' she says. 'We can't keep rescuing each other,' I say. 'It's ridiculous.' She smiles. It is a smile with a little sadness in it. But she still wears the perfume – the first thing I ever knew of her – and it still makes me think of Sunlight and Happiness.
~ Susanna Clarke