Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.

Friendship is like an equation where it doesn't matter how many are parts because the result is always the same = FRIENDSHIP.

There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.

Ja też chcę się pogodzić. Samemu źle, masz rację. Podajmy sobie ręce i chodźmy na kolacje

We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves; we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we are and accepts us.

These pages testify to the discovery of uhnlikely gifts when we stay in community--especially when we stay after things get hard.

Because with true friends, no one is keeping score. But it still feels good to repay them – even in the tiniest increments.

The older you get, the easier it is for you to distinguish between your friends and people you are not seeing for the first time.

If she allowed herself to give in to the whole sadness of it, she'd never ever be able to operate like a normal person again.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me.

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

And I just walked away. Again and again, I walked away as her world fell down around her. As they destroyed her. We destroyed her.

So when you're coldFrom the inside outAnd don't know what to do,Remember love and friendship, And warmth will come to you.