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James Joyce

"Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse."

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"Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse."

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Amber Hurdle

"Unfailing friends are essential, when 'presence' and 'absence' are wrangling in our daily living, and our presence is rampaged by murk and woe, while passion and lust for life are trampled. Reliable allies can shore us up and since we are our best ally, we first have got to make sure we get along well with ourselves. ("Being my best friend)."

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Amber Hurdle

"As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendship."

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Amber Hurdle

"Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never."

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Amber Hurdle

"How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing."

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Amber Hurdle

"Friends are the real superheroes. They battle our worst enemies-loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, fear, and doubt-every time they come around."

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Amber Hurdle

"A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all."

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Amber Hurdle

"After all we have few friends, if we don't show that we care about them, we will reach 0 friends..."

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Amber Hurdle

"Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship."

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Amber Hurdle

"Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings."

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Amber Hurdle

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."

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