“Take the new evidence that people choose friends who resemble themselves, right down to the moment-to-moment pattern of blood flow in the brain.”— Natalie Angier, nytimes.com
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”— Lecrae, twitter.com
“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay, who watches out for you and wants the very best for you, don't let them go. Keep them close and don't take them for granted. People like them are hard to find.”— Stephen Kyeyune, amazon.com
“Friendship was witnessing another’s slow drip of miseries, and long bouts of boredom, and occasional triumphs. It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person’s most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return.”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com
“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to…”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com
“I just wanna drink tequila with my friends. They're the reason that I still am who I am.”— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com
“You roll with a guy so many years, you start to think he's always gonna be next to you. Like, when you're old and you're drinking on the porch, he'll be in that other rocking chair. And then something happens, and you realize that other chair has gone empty.”— Jenny Klein, Ed Zeddmore, A. J. Buckley, imdb.com
“New rule: You live your life, you heal, and in the meantime, we're friends.”— Caroline Dries, Stefan Salvatore, Paul Wesley, imdb.com
“"Good by is not enough, it needs more words than Two, When friends do bid a long Adieu"”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“"I trust, our Friendship though begun of late Hath been no less sincere, than intimate. Of this I’m sure; I’ve not as yet regretted, That to your Company I’ve been admitted. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“I once called Carter a chicken fried McGovern and I take that back because I've come to respect McGovern.”— Bob Dole, amazon.com
“All the big cars, bitches and bullshit in the world won’t make you as happy as having one good pal.”— Dan Bilzerian, twitter.com
“You’ll know the difference if you pay attention to how someone makes you feel. You’ll feel either drained or energized by them. Stick with the ones who energize you.”— Mel Robbins, twitter.com
“We all deserve friends we can brag to about our success without them taking that shit personal.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.”— Benjamin Harrison, amazon.com
“Moving right along In search of good times And good news, With good friends you can't lose. This could become a habit. Opportunity just knocked, Let's reach out and grab it, Together we'll nab it, We'll hitch-hike, bus, or yellow cab it.”— Jim Henson, amazon.com
“The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.”— Bill Russell, sportsfeelgoodstories.com