Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.
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Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.
The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest read more
The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at read more
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at first speech are old
friends.
Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.
Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends read more
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. read more
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
