Quotes About Friendship

Why is our life so cruel and dark That men no longer speak to friend? Why does evil so clearly mark The monstrous government of men? Compare what is with what is past And see how fraud and sorrow stand, While law and justice fade so fast That I know no longer where I am.

The Wizard of Oz." "No, no, no," said Sophie. She quickly

Nora Dunn When faced with no real friends, she went out into the world and made some, and to watch her try to create a life with meaning was touching.

Deets slapped his leg and laughed, the thought was so funny. When the rest of the outfit finally wondered down from the house they found the two of them grinning back and forth at one another. Look at 'em, Augustus said. You'd think they just discovered teeth.

He had known several men who had lost limbs in battle; the men all claimed that they still felt things in the place where the limb had been. It was natural enough, then, that with Bill suddenly gone he and Gus would continue to have some of the feelings that went with friendship, even though the friend was gone.

I miss Gus...I get to expecting to hear him talk and he ain't here. My ears sort of get empty.

Best to help such boys have their moment of fun, before life's torments snatched them.

Dern, I hate cooking with shit. -- Augustus McCrae to Lorena Wood

It was only the thought that Deets was still knowing him, somehow, that kept him from feeling totally alone.

My main skills are talking and cooking biscuits," Augustus said. "And getting drunk on the porch.

Me and Call have always liked to get where we started for, even if it don't make a damn bit of sense.

That's one of the only things I look forward to about an evening like this, you know -someone to drink tea with at the end of it. For all I know, the whole point of civilization is to provide one with someone to drink tea with at the end of an evening. Otherwise you have no one with whom to talk over whatever may have happened during the evening. Dinner parties are often more fun to talk about than they are to attend - at least they aren't complete until they've been discussed.

It was often that way with women, it seemed. One minute Lorie would be drilling holes in him with her eyes, and the next minute she and Clarie would be combing one another's hair and singing tunes.

You probably drink too much. If you hand me that bottle, I'll reduce your temptations. --Augustus Gus McCrae

I've heard of you, McCrae. But I didn't know you was so old." "Oh, I wasn't till lately," Augustus said.

It's been quite a party ain't it?" Lonesome Dove

Well, that's where we started for," he said. "Me and Call have always liked to get where we started for, even if it don't make a damn bit of sense.

I wish you'd stop talking about your own death, Gus said, in a joking tone. It ain't genteel.

I'll have to get over this sooner or later, Louis thought. Why not now? A friend had taught him this cantrip, this bit of magic for recovering from shock or grief. Sometimes it worked.

Friends don't reprogram friends, even when they're able.

Så rusla vi hjemover. Snakka om alt vi skulle gjøre. Om The Snafus. Om hvor berømte vi skulle bli. Om sommeren, enda vinteren bare såvidt hadde begynt, om alle somrene i våre liv. Vi snakka om når vi skulle begynne på gymnaset og om når vi blei ferdige med skolen for godt. Vi blei svære i kjeften og vakre fugler fløy ut av ansiktene våre. Vi tok framtida på forskudd og den så sabla bra ut.

Always remember, said Petra, a friend is someone who understands your past, believes in you future, and accepts you just the way you are.... And a friend stands by you, Suzanne thought to herself,...No matter what it cost her.

He raised a glass to them and said, wherever they were, he was grateful to them for not being what I needed, so he got to be the one sitting across from me.

Achei que se eu fosse legal, gente boa, ela entenderia que pode contar comigo. Mas não é assim que a gente sabe que pode contar com alguém. A gente descobre isso nos momentos em que todo mundo está cansado demais para ser legal, cansado demais para se esforçar. A gente descobre vendo o que essa pessoa faz por nós.