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Friendship makes
prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves
and anxieties. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
Get your friends not by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. ~ Socrates You may forget the friends you laughed with, but you will never forget the friends you cried with. Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels. ~ Joan Walsh Anglund Friends are lights in winters; the older the friend, the brighter the light. ~ Roger Rosenblatt Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things: and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is. ~ George Santayana So much has changed, and so much has happened these years, but still I find that you are waiting here. We have a bond that nothing can change, and still I find a peace of mind whenever I hear your name. And if I seem too quiet, know it’s because there are no words to show you how much I love and cherish you. Friends are … the people you are reminded of when you see something they might like and you know this because you know them so well. They are the people whose pictures you have and whose faces are in your head, regardless. They are the people you see in your mind when you hear a song on the radio because they made you go up to the person they liked and ask them to dance with your friend, or maybe you danced with them. Maybe they stepped on your toes, or just put their head on your shoulder. They are the people you feel safe around because you know they care about you. They call just to see how you are doing, because a friend doesn’t need an excuse. They tell you the truth, the first time, and you do the same. You know that if you have a problem, they are there to listen. They are the people who won’t laugh at you or hurt you, and if they do hurt you they try hard to make it up to you. They are the people you love, regardless of whether you realize it or not. They are the people you cried with when you got rejected from colleges and during the last song at prom and at graduation. They are the people that when you hug them, you don’t think about how long to hug and who’s going to be the first one to let go. Maybe they are the people that hold the rings at your wedding, or maybe they are the people that give you away at your wedding, or maybe they are the people you marry. They are certainly the people that cry at your wedding because they are happy or because they are proud or because they are so in love. They are the people who stop you from making mistakes and help you when you do. They are the people whose hand you can hold, or you can hug or give them a kiss and not have it be awkward because they understand the things you do and they love you for them. They stick with you and stand by you. They hold your hand. They watch you live and you watch them live and you learn from them. Your life is not the same without them. We've shared so much laughter, so many tears. We have a spirited bond that grows stronger throughout the years. We're not sisters by birth, but we knew from the start, God put us together to be sisters by heart. Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself -- and especially to feel. Or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending … performing. You get to love your pretense. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act -- and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it … they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession. ~ Jim Morrison 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. I’m always strong when you’re beside me; I have always needed you, I could never make it alone. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah There are always times in my life when I need a friend. But now is one of those times when I need a friend who needs me. When the world around me goes insane, you’re here to remind me that a few good things remain. Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. ~ Emily Kimbrough Let me be the one you call |
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