"I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child."
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"The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."
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"It is a curious thing in human experience, but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person, creates a bond which nothing seems able to break."
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"A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat."
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"Friendship with oneself is all important."
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"A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth."
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"I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane."
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"First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways."
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"Let us be kinder to one another."
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"An incinerator is a writer's best friend."
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"Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life."
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"For most men friendship is a faithless harbor."
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"Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding."
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"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure."
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"I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."
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"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."
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"As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe."
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"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."
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"Let your best be for your friend."
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"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace."
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