#ends

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#die #father #five #friends #got

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking. ↗

— Janis Ian

#came #day #friends #good #good time

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years. ↗

— Janis Ian

#being #being there #enough #friends #get

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. ↗

— Janis Ian

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #doing

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them ↗

— Thomas Merton

#love #self-discovery #trust #truth #friendship

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#piglet #pooh #reassurance #friendship

We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#friendship

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. ↗

— Helen Keller

#friendship

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #friendship