Friendship
Quotes - Can I say something?
“Friends
don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.”
―
Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
“Jem
gave her a wistful look. “Must you go? I was rather hoping that you’d stay and
be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must.”
“I’ll
stay,” Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa
had just vacated. “I can minister angelically.”
“None
too convincingly. And you’re not as pretty to look at as Tessa is,” Jem said,
closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow.
“How
rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared it to gazing at the radiance of
the sun.”
Jem
still had his eyes closed. “If they mean that it gives you a headache, they
aren’t wrong.”
―
Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Some
people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how
to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions
of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion,
and empathy.”
―
Dean Koontz
“Can
I say something?'
'Go
on'
'I'm
a little drunk'
'Me
too. That's okay.'
'Just....I
missed you, you know.'
'I
missed you too.'
'But
so, so much, Dexter. There were so many things I wanted to talk to you about,
and you weren't there-'
'same
here.'
'I
tell you what it is. It's.....When I didn't see you, I thought about you every
day, I mean EVERY DAY in some way or another-'
'same
here.'
'-Even
if it was just "I wish Dexter could see this" or "Where's Dexter
now?" or "Christ that Dexter, what an idiot", you know what I
mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my BEST friend.
And now all this, the wedding, the baby- I'm so happy for you, Dex, but it
feels like I've lost you again.'-
-'You
know what happens you have a family, your responsibilities change, you lose
touch with people'
'It
won't be like that, I promise.'
'Do
you?'
'Absolutely'
'You
swear? No more disappearing?'
'I
won't if you won't.'
Their
lips touched now, mouths pursed tight, their eyes open, both of them stock
still. The moment held, a kind of glorious confusion.”
―
David Nicholls, One Day
“You
might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.”
―
Nina LaCour, Hold Still
“True
friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you,
but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them.”
―
Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign
“There
are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is
one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me,
lest I fall.”
―
Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
“And
I'll dance with you in Vienna,
I'll
be wearing a river's disguise.
The
hyacinth wild on my shoulder
my
mouth on the dew of your thighs.
And
I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
with
the photographs there and the moss.
And
I'll yield to the flood of your beauty,
my
cheap violin and my cross.”
―
Leonard Cohen, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
“Don't
flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to
your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more
necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are
rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are
ready enough to tell them.”
―
Oliver Wendall Holmes
“Tis
a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him
his.”
―
Benjamin Franklin
“It's
not your job to like me - it's mine”
―
Byron Katie
“An
acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when
all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to
tell you what you need to hear.”
―
E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“May
your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from
home.”
―
Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
“We
know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose
smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.”
―
Albert Einstein
“I
hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best
friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”
―
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“Your
truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest
moments--because they're willing to brave the shadows with you--and in your
greatest moments--because they're not afraid to let you shine.”
―
Nicole Yatsonsky
“One's
life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means
of love, friendship, and compassion”
―
Simone de Beauvoir
“For
this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain,
feed on me. Bury your fangs in my flesh. Tear me asunder. I sob, I sob.”
―
Virginia Woolf, The Waves
“Because
introverts are typically good listeners and, at least, have the appearance of
calmness, we are attractive to emotionally needy people. Introverts, gratified
that other people are initiating with them, can easily get caught in these
exhausting and unsatisfying relationships.”
―
Adam S. McHugh
“Girls
will get together just to get together. Guys need an activity as an excuse.
Otherwise it’s too homo for them to handle.”
―
Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts
