Quotes About Friendship

Plain, homely women like you and me will never lead a glamorous life, never go to exotic places. So books have a special value to us. We can experience most everything vicariously, through books. This isn't bad. Living through books is even better than having friends and knowing... men.

The dog's name is Ben.

Robert Heinlein's The Star Beast was

You could withdraw, remake your life with a small circle of friends who didn't wish to silence and punish their fellow countrymen with whom they disagreed, who knew the grievous threat to peace that arose from contempt for others, from an inflated self-esteem that became vainglory. But there was no town remote enough, no fortress walls high enough to protect you from mad ideas with mass appeal

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. And "Greater love hath no man than this: that he lay down his life for his friends"—The Gospel According to Saint John.)

Jim Jamison, like Ed, loved music and art and history.

Henry Ward Beecher once said, "The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.

Intellect, courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy—each of those qualities was as important to the human species as all the others

Preserve me from the enemy who has something to gain, and from the friend who has something to lose.

As he cried out in tremulous and wordless horror, she put her arms around him, her secret friend, and held him tight. Although he was older than her, she heard herself saying, "Sweet boy, dear boy, my child, my friend, I'll never abandon you.

Libby has to trust her only friend, even though she doesn't know Sarah's true name.

He descended the ramp, stopped on the sidewalk, and turned to me. "Man, I'm glad you're back." "I'm not back yet," I said, "but I will be.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.

Like anything else, friendship was an investment in time.

This was the sign of a strong friendship, Nichole thought. They were content to be together without having to chat the whole time.

A good friendship—like this one with Hallie—endured. It sustained you during times of crisis. It was there for you during the good times and the bad.

Hold that for me.

Beth's father waited until he had everyone's attention and then instructed them to join hands. He bowed his head. Sam did as well, although he had no idea what had concerned both of the women in the other man's life. "Good friends," Phillip said, "good meat. Good God, let's eat.

Good friends, good meat. Good God, let's eat!

Rule #2, Cultivate New Friendships.

I promise to give you the very best of myself, to be faithful to you, to be your friend and your partner," Nash whispered next, his voice gaining strength. Sincerity rang through his words. "I offer you my heart and my love," Savannah repeated, her own heart ready to burst with unrestrained joy. "You are my friend," Nash returned, "my lover, my wife.

Vero Beach," she said. "That's where Ruth's class reunion is taking place.

Debbie Macomber