Quotes About Friendship

There were certain keys to being a good friend, chief among them loyalty, shared philosophy, and willing sacrifice, but Teig had learned that the most appreciated trait in a friend was knowing when to speak up and when to keep silent.

Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us.

I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

No girl I knew, in other words, had babies, but more than a few had had abortions. I'd attended two abortions before my own. I'd been invited along to do the driving, and hold the hands, and sit afterward in the bars and fetch the drinks. The boyfriends, though informed of our activities, were never present. Abortions are women's work, I guess.

High spirits and a good time need trust, that's what they're built upon.

Um dos sinais da verdadeira amizade é o facto de esta não se modificar, aconteça o que acontecer. A amizade e a disponibilidade de nos ajudarmos mutuamente continua até ao fim das nossas vidas.

It was inevitable that Red China would invade Tibet, and then there would be no place for us two friends of Tibetan independence.

They were nice, friendly people, and they invited us to share their fire and drink a cup of rancid butter tea with them.

The more i get to know people, the more i like dogs.

Darling," he went on, smiling happily at her dismay, "meet the girls.

Childhood is a slum and they love it.

As long as you two look out for each other, you'll be safe enough.

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I think there is in friendship, an instant recognition – a kind of loving. It needs just a word, in passing, the touch of a hand – yet parting is loss and the tiny ache of regret stays with us always.

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else.

Death will not be denied. To try is grandiose. It drives madness into the soul. It leaches out virtue. It injects poison into friendship, and makes a mockery of love.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

James and Joseph held each other by the hand

Tony is waiting outside, his eyes crinkled into a smile. 'Come inside the house,' he says. He knows what I am feeling. And in I go, where the dogs lie flat on the kitchen floor, tails wagging, and the kettle is whistling, and the house is very warm.

You don't know anything about them, but you feel the other person's there, one friend told me. It's like all the years between you and them disappear. Like you become them, somehow. History

Last summer I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted.

Two hungry people should never make friends. If they do, they eat each other up. It is the same with one person who is hungry and another who is full: they cannot be real, real friends because the hungry one will eat the full one. You understand?