A friend is ...

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” ---Orson Welles ---

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.---Tennessee Williams --

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.----Albert Camus---

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one-- C.S. Lewis---

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had


You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.----Charles Jones---


One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.--Clifton Fadiman---


Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.---Gloria Naylor---


Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.----Elie Wiese---


You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry


Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget


A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more.




Best friends are there for you even if you refuse to talk to them. Because they know, deep down, the silence is killing you



Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.



Things change and friends leave and life doesn't stop for anybody.


Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding



Friendship is like a glass ornament; once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.