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By nature independent, gay, even exuberant, seductively responsive and given to those spontaneous sallies that sparkle in the conversation of certain daughters of Paris who seem to have inhaled since childhood the pungent breath of the boulevards laden with the nightly laughter of audiences leaving theaters, Madame de Burne's five years of bondage had nonetheless endowed her with a singular timidity which mingled oddly with her youthful mettle, a great fear of saying too much, of going to far, along with a fierce yearning for emancipation and a firm resolve never again to compromise her freedom. ↗


— Guy de Maupassant


#fear #fierce #freedom #independent #paris

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. ↗


— George R.R. Martin


#friendship #george-r-r-martin #summer #winter #friendship

First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought." [Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (00-795), 198 F.3d 1083, affirmed.] ↗


— Anthony M. Kennedy


#free-speech #freedom #freedom-of-thought #liberty #freedom

As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation. ↗


— Hans Selye


#self-esteem #friendship

I have always loved you, princess," Robin Goodfellow promised, his green eyes shining in the darkness. "I always will. And I'll take whatever you can give me." I looked down, unable to meet his open stare, human fears and self-consciousness coming to the surface. "Even if all I can offer is friendship? Will that still be enough?" "Well, not really." Puck dropped his hand, his voice turning light and carefree again, more like the Puck I knew. "Damn not being able to lie. Princess, if you suddenly decide ice-boy is a first-class jerk and that you can't stand him, I'll always be here. But for now, I'll settle for being the best friend. ↗


— Julie Kagawa


#puck #friendship

Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical; it is willing to negotiate awkward and uneven territories of contradiction and woundedness. ↗


— John O'Donohue


#friendship

Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you ↗


— Erykah Badu


#love #relationships #friendship

There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. ↗


— Homer


#friendship #home #marriage #friendship

Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned. ↗


— David Gemmell


#honour #love #respect #valour #friendship

You know a real friend? Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone. ↗


— William S. Burroughs


#friends #friendship #friendship






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