Friends - Quotes
We spend so much effort trying to keep parts of our lives hidden, even from our closest friends. But those rare times when we do open up, it`s amazing how minor those secrets all end up seeming.
Some friends don`t understand this. They don`t understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I love you and I support you just the way you are because you`re wonderful just the way you are. They don`t understand that I can`t remember anyone ever saying that to me.
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn`t stop for anybody.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Don`t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
Never explain - your friends don`t need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
I don`t like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.