#friends

Connection is life; disconnection, death. ↗

— Deborah Day

#happiness #loneliness #love #death

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#respect

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#books #constant #counselors #friends #most

It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#writing #art

Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#explanations #friends #enemy

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy ↗

— Bob Marley

#friends #enemy

Samuel! Are you alright?" A vision of Samuel being brained by the falling bars rose up before Simon's eyes. Samuel's voice rose to a scream. "GO AWAY!" Simon looked sideways at Jace. "I think he means it." Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-and-simon #mortal-instruments #vision

A good friend will always stab you in the front. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#friends

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#friends

The only way to have a friend is to be one. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#friend #only #way