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... I remember you and recall you without effort, without exercise of will; that is, by natural impulse, indicated by read more
... I remember you and recall you without effort, without exercise of will; that is, by natural impulse, indicated by a sense of duty, or of obligation. And that, I take it, is the only sort of remembering worth the having. When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without knowing why save that we love to do it, we content ourselves that friendship is a Reality, and not a Fancy -- that it is built upon a rock, and not upon the sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and carry their monuments with them.
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day read more
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a read more
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.
Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters read more
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you read more
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
