Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
Everyone wants 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.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Friendship is love without his wings!
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
