“The world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.”— Nikki Giovanni, amazon.com
“Don’t want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.”— Nikki Giovanni, play.spotify.com
“It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.”— Karl Marx , business.time.com
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”— Muhammad Ali, amazon.com
“Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.”— Stieg Larsson, amazon.com
“Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.”— Gloria Naylor, amazon.com
“We didn’t have to talk then, and that is real friendship. Never uncomfortable with silence, which, in its welcome form, is yet an extension of conversation.”— Patti Smith, newyorker.com
“There are rare people who will fuel the fire inside of you, who will awaken a dormant passion, who will push you and better you. She alone is my rarity.”— Krista Ritchie, amazon.com
“When I talk to you I am happy. Because you listen, and my words find a home.”— Edmond Jabès, amazon.com
“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”— Josh Grayson, amazon.com
“Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.”— Jeffrey Archer, amazon.com
“There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very lovable.”— Yasmin Mogahed, twitter.com
“There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.”— Bjork, goodreads.com
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com