I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

May I gain no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are mad at each other. May I, insofar as I can, give all necessary help to my friends and to all who are in need. May I never fail a friend in trouble. -- Prayer on the Golden Rule (abridged)

'Friends' will always remain friends.

When I go back to Louisiana, I want to be the same person that my friends remember me as. It's so important to me.

I was there the night John Lennon was shot, three blocks away. It left a lasting impression on me.

I tried not to smile as I gathered the marbles. After counting them out by color and placing them into the holes, I looked at Sapphire and shrugged. 'There aren't enough.' Miz Obee's face tensed, but Sapphire looked at her friend kindly, patted the table, and said, 'Just set up the board as best you can. We'll play with whatever we got.' I thought that was one of the wisest things I'd ever heard anyone say.

There is nothing on this earth to be prized more than true friendship. —Thomas Aquinas

When all's said and done, it's people, not things, that bring the most joy.

True friends love one another, even though we're all a little quirky. We

Relationships are eternal. The 'separation' is another chapter in the relationship. Often, letting go of the old form of the relationship becomes a lesson in pure love much deeper than any would have learned had the couple stayed together.

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.