We're no kin, Thomas Hudson said. We just used to live in the same town and make some of the same mistakes.

One of my favorite quotes: There is no friends as loyal as a book -Ernest Hemingway

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The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

When our faith is down for the count, we need people who will speak truth to us, friends who will remind us of God's past faithfulness. We need people who will draw our attention outside of the realm of our immediate circumstances, people to put our circumstances in their proper context.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

No memory of having starredAtones for later disregard,Or keeps the end from being hard.Better to go down dignifiedWith boughten friendship by your sideThan none at all. Provide, provide!

People who love their enemies should, at least, tell the truth about their friends.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend

A friend is a present you give yourself.