“I think that real friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they're boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy.”— E. Lockhart, amazon.com
“Some people you meet and they're your friend for a day. Some you meet and you never really know at all. And then there are those who get caught inside your soul and stay there forever.”— Melodie Ramone, amazon.com
“That's what friends should do. Cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.”— Beth Hoffman, amazon.com
“It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.”— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, amazon.com
“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats—let you know if you’re off course.”— Rebecca Wells, amazon.com
“A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.”— Jaron Lanier, amazon.com
“What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with.”— Johanna Lindsey, amazon.com
“Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”— Henry David Thoreau, amazon.com
“The friends you make in college are friends you'll have for life, even if you don't talk for years at a time.”— Jessica Park, amazon.com
“I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.”— Robin Jones Gunn, amazon.com
“Best friends, no matter what they do or how much they hurt you, it only hurts as much as it does because they are your best friend. And none of us are perfect. Mistakes were made for best friends to forgive; it’s what makes being a best friend official.”— J.A. Redmerski, amazon.com
“A friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself.”— Steve Lopez, amazon.com
“Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home. And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.”— Morgan Matson, amazon.com
“Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.”— John O'Donohue, amazon.com