Friendship
Quotes - You can make more friends in two months
“The
friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff
than the one who stays away.”
―
Barbara Kingsolver
“It's
bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not.
They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be
close.”
―
Rachel Cohn, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“Why
are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each
other, or they love each other still.”
―
Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt
“Sometimes
being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence.
A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny.
And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
―
Gloria Naylor
“It
is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive
a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror
of another loving, caring human being.”
―
John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love
“Wishing
to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
― Aristotle
“Courage.
Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as
human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
―
R.J. Palacio, Wonder
“You
can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than
you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
―
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
“We
cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a
vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a
series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”
―
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“Trust
no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.”
―
Doris Lessing
“There's
not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.”
―
Jim Henson, Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets
“She
is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them
and give them back to me in all the right order.”
―
Toni Morrison, Beloved
“Talk
between women friends is always therapy...”
―
Jayne Anne Phillips
“I
may not always be with you
But
when we're far apart
Remember
you will be with me
Right
inside my heart”
―
Marc Wambolt, Poems from the Heart
“There
is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
―
John Holmes
“We'll
be there, Harry," said Ron
"What?"
"At
your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you
wherever you're going."
"No-"
said Harry quickly; he hadn't counted on this, he had meant them to understand
that he was undertaking the most dangerous journey alone.
"You
said it once before," said Hermione quickly, "that there was time to
turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we? We're with you whatever
happens.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“I
wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the
ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they
needed me, just like comets need tails.”
―
John Green, Looking for Alaska
“Have
any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pekka Rollins gave us?"
"Guns?"
asked Jesper.
"Ships?"
queried Inej.
"Bombs?"
suggested Wylan.
"Political
bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. "This is where
you tell us how awful we are," she whispered.”
―
Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
“The
pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
―
Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
“We
always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else
to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.”
―
David Levithan, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
