#friendship

New friends can often have a better time together than old friends. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#friendship

Don't you know a kiss would change the world forever? ↗

— Theric Jepson

#kissing #love #marriage #romance #change

That was the awakening, really; it dawned on me that this wasn't really very fair on anyone. On her. On me. On Sienna. But I wasn't willing to change anything, either. I was fiercely protective of my friendship with Sienna. I had fought for it, against my true feelings, for years. I had battled so hard to suppress my feelings, and succeeded. I could never let her go. ↗

— Jessica Thompson

#long-term-friendship #change

Honesty is a fine foundation from which to build upon; for if one was to really know what another thinks and how they feel…they would surely treat each other differently ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#friendship #honesty #life #communication

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#compassion #empathy #friendship #intellect #courage

What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#advice #ask #chosen #cures #find

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#bereavement #cares #confusion #curing #despair

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#friendships #i #irreducible #lasting #loving

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ↗

— Plutarch

#better #change #changes #does #friend