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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#foreign-policy #friendship #honesty #nations #peace

If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth nothing. Whatever part you might act to the contrary, I see you as you really are, my blood brother. Not just better than you pretend to be, but better than most people could hope to be. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem #will #friendship

Infatuation burns itself out,' she says. 'Friendship mixed with old chemistry--that can last a lifetime. ↗

— Tess Callahan

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Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled:—and now I like ye better! ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#friendship

All for one, and one for all! ↗

— Shiro Amano

#friendship

I'll never understand the friendships Charlie has. Friendships where it doesn't take cash or hookups, or saying the right things to stay in the circle. No, Charlie's friendships are different. She tries to protect her people, and they in turn protect her. They accept each other's imperfections and support one another. My friends weren't like her friends, which makes me wonder if I ever had any at all. ↗

— Victoria Scott

#friendship

Friendships are nice. So is competence. ↗

— Michael Crichton

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Once a friend, always a friend. Why should borders stop that? ↗

— Erin Hunter

#friendship #friendship

The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#friendliness #friends #friendship #friendship-and-love #friendship-true-and-loyal

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future plusses. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#friendship