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"Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions."
Samuel Johnson
"Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions."
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"Ah how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Ah how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
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"The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with unimaginable friendliness upon him, and said: "Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing. I hope you and I shall remain friends. Perhaps you too will learn how to make fugues, Joseph."
Hermann Hesse
"The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with unimaginable friendliness upon him, and said: "Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing. I hope you and I shall remain friends. Perhaps you too will learn how to make fugues, Joseph."
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"Blackjack," Percy said, "this is Piper and Jason. They're friends."The horse nickered."Uh, maybe later," Percy answered.Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she'd never seen it in action."What does Blackjack want?" she asked."Donuts," Percy said. "Always donuts."
Rick Riordan
"Blackjack," Percy said, "this is Piper and Jason. They're friends."The horse nickered."Uh, maybe later," Percy answered.Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she'd never seen it in action."What does Blackjack want?" she asked."Donuts," Percy said. "Always donuts."
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"When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far."
L. M. Montgomery
"When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far."
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"I had a good teacher.""Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass.""I mean you, dummy."
Rachel Caine
"I had a good teacher.""Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass.""I mean you, dummy."
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"Friends are an aid to the young to guard them from error to the elderly to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action to those in the prime of life to assist them to noble deeds."
Aristotle
"Friends are an aid to the young to guard them from error to the elderly to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action to those in the prime of life to assist them to noble deeds."
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"Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never."
Mason Cooley
"Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never."
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"It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family."
Philip Green
"It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family."
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"Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings."
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"While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw."He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: "With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw."
George Bernard Shaw
"While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw."He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: "With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw."
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"Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men."
George Santayana
"Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men."
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"Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy..."
Paulo Coelho
"Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy..."
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"A man who does not honor the company of his true friends will never see the light of true love."
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
"A man who does not honor the company of his true friends will never see the light of true love."
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"Tyson put his hand on Grover s shoulder "I -I will go with him."I couldn t believe I was hearing this. "Tyson are you sure?"The big guy nodded. "Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I trust friends."
Rick Riordan
"Tyson put his hand on Grover s shoulder "I -I will go with him."I couldn t believe I was hearing this. "Tyson are you sure?"The big guy nodded. "Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I trust friends."
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"But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself."
David Levithan
"But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself."
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"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
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"Friendship is Love without his wings!"
Lord Byron
"Friendship is Love without his wings!"
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"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."
Francis Bacon
"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."
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"A good book is a true friend who never betrays."
Debasish Mridha
"A good book is a true friend who never betrays."
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"As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."
Joseph Conrad
"As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."
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"Two friends raised their heads up to the sky on a dark evening.-Look at the stars.--Let us make a wish.They each took a moment of silence.-What did you wish for?--For you to have peace with your wish."
J.R. Rim
"Two friends raised their heads up to the sky on a dark evening.-Look at the stars.--Let us make a wish.They each took a moment of silence.-What did you wish for?--For you to have peace with your wish."
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"There's no better mirror than a friend's eye."
J. Wallace Day
"There's no better mirror than a friend's eye."
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"And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'."
Sarah J. Maas
"And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'."
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"I'm thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend."
Sarah J. Maas
"I'm thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend."
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"A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still."
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"The monster was the best friend I ever had."
Boris Karloff
"The monster was the best friend I ever had."
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"It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them."
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"There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends but he joyeth the more and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends but he grieveth the less."
Francis Bacon
"There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends but he joyeth the more and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends but he grieveth the less."
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"Once we were a stranger... just passing by.......in school... we never know each other... but one day came and we became friends."
Deyth Banger
"Once we were a stranger... just passing by.......in school... we never know each other... but one day came and we became friends."
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"The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one."
George Gissing
"The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one."
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"You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find."
Dean Koontz
"You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find."
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"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."
Idries Shah
"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."
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"A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts."
Axel Munthe
"A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts."
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"A strong friendship doesn't need daily conversation, doesn't always need togetherness, as long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part."
Auliq Ice
"A strong friendship doesn't need daily conversation, doesn't always need togetherness, as long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part."
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"Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you.Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet!Annabeth: Shut up, Silena."
Rick Riordan
"Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you.Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet!Annabeth: Shut up, Silena."
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"Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?" I asked. "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up."
Rick Riordan
"Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?" I asked. "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up."
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"I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude."
Henry David Thoreau
"I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude."
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"Friendship is a sacred thing and I do not extend the word lightly. I've had long-term romances in my life but few genuine friendships. I am exceedingly picky about who I let in my inner circle and because of that I have a few friends and many acquaintances."
Donna Lynn Hope
"Friendship is a sacred thing and I do not extend the word lightly. I've had long-term romances in my life but few genuine friendships. I am exceedingly picky about who I let in my inner circle and because of that I have a few friends and many acquaintances."
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"Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul."
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"Difficult times revel true friends but also the unfaithful in your life. Be attentive always, but especially during tough times."
Mensah Oteh
"Difficult times revel true friends but also the unfaithful in your life. Be attentive always, but especially during tough times."
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"(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?"
Sherman Alexie
"(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?"
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"When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me."
Samantha Mumba
"When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me."
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"Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less."
Crystal Woods
"Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less."
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"A true friend does not make you win by making you the winner to the detriment of the true winner. He makes sure that you become a loser, not because he likes the way you fail, but to enlighten you on how it feels to be treated that way and to demonstrate that love and respect are not exclusive."
Michael Bassey Johnson
"A true friend does not make you win by making you the winner to the detriment of the true winner. He makes sure that you become a loser, not because he likes the way you fail, but to enlighten you on how it feels to be treated that way and to demonstrate that love and respect are not exclusive."
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"Most of my kin are bastards," [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, "but you're the first I've had to friend."
George R. R. Martin
"Most of my kin are bastards," [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, "but you're the first I've had to friend."
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"Leo, Jason said, "you're weird."Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. "But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes...!"
Rick Riordan
"Leo, Jason said, "you're weird."Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. "But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes...!"
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"Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number of books they've recommended to you."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number of books they've recommended to you."
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"A true friend lets you know that the door is always open, even when it's closed."
Charles F. Glassman
"A true friend lets you know that the door is always open, even when it's closed."
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"Because you're my friend, wingnut."
John Green
"Because you're my friend, wingnut."
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