Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any viable reason.
— Lord ChesterfieldI’m done losing. Do you fucking hear me? I am done losing. Spare me your precious self-pity, because this isn’t a stage and I didn’t pay two coppers to cry my eyes out over anyone’s death speech. You don’t fucking get one, understand? I don’t care if you cough up buckets of blood. Buckets I can carry.
— Scott LynchI have never seen as far, than those times I have looked through someone else's perspective.
— Tonny K. BrownThe truth is a community is as big or as small as your heart lets it be.
— Genevieve DeweyFriendship is that essence which have all flavor in it, when it is lost the taste of life becomes tasteless.
— DebolinaI have only known you about five months. But you know every piece of my life, all the ugly details. Now I'm asking you to trust me with yours—not because I want to know your stuff, but because I want to know you. What made you this amazing woman that you are, this woman that I've grown to admire and love. I want to know her story.
— Denise Hildreth JonesYour true friends echo your own philosophies back at you.
— J.R. RimI force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.
— John CusackFriendship is selfless love, care, respect, and honor not a profitable opportunity.
— Santosh KalwarAmong the worst things about growing old is the loss of those irreplaceable friends who added richness and depth to your life.
— Pat Conroy