Friendship

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend.

, Shawshank Redemption

My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

-- Richard Adams, Watership Down

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

-- Arnold Bennett

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

-- Samuel Butler

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.

-- Fr. Jerome Cummings

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.

-- Benjamin Disraeli

I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.

-- Euripides

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

-- Benjamin Franklin

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

-- E. W. Howe

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.

-- Thomas Jones

The real test of friendship is: Can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy together those moments of life that are utterly simple? They are the moments people looks back on at the end of life and number as their most sacred experiences.

-- Eugene Kennedy

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