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“Il faut longtemps cultiver un ami avant qu'il réclame son dû d'amitié. Il faut s'être ruiné durant des générations à réparer le vieux château qui croule, pour apprende à l'aimer.”

Book:Lettre à un otage

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Lettre à un otage

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“Then all at once our personal and political quarrels were made very abruptly to converge. In the special edition of the London Review of Books published to mark the events of September 11, 2001, Edward painted a picture of an almost fascist America where Arab and Muslim citizens were being daily terrorized by pogroms, these being instigated by men like Paul Wolfowitz who had talked of 'ending' the regimes that sheltered Al Quaeda. Again, I could hardly credit that these sentences were being produced by a cultured person, let alone printed by a civilized publication.”

Politics Friendship United States Fascism Muslims Arabs Quarrel September 11 Attacks Edward Said 2001 Pogroms Lrb Al Quaeda Paul Wolfowitz

Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir

Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir

“I expect it will turn out that sexual intercourse is possible between Gethenian double-sexed and Hainish-norm one-sexed human beings, though such intercourse will inevitably be sterile. It remains to be proved; Estraven and I proved nothing except perhaps a rather subtler point.”

Love Friendship

Book:The Left Hand of Darkness

Source: The Left Hand of Darkness

“In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends...”

Humor Friendship

Book:Vanity Fair

Source: Vanity Fair

“Ivy! It's a natural disaster! You have to be there!”

Friendship

Book:Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter

Source: Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter

“For if the truth were known, Love cannot speak, But only thinks and does; Though surely out 'twill leak Without the help of Greek, Or any tongue.”

Friendship

Book:Collected Essays and Poems

Source: Collected Essays and Poems

“No, Geo—underneath all that, Nan really loves me. It’s just she wants me to see things her way. You know, she’s two years older; that meant a lot when we were children. I’ve always thought of her as being sort of like a road—I mean, she leads somewhere. With her, I’ll never lose my way.”

Love Friendship

Book:A single man

Source: A single man

“Where are you from? New York?" "Weird you picked up on that," she said, "I've been gone from there for so long." Like a couple of decades could dilute that accent.”

Humor Friendship Memoir Cheap Cabernet A Friendship

Book:Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship

Source: Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship

“He still wasn't looking at me, which meant I was still in trouble. I swear, sometimes this partnership is like being married. We fight all the time and neither one of us is getting married.”

Humor Friendship

Book:Hard Day's Knight

Source: Hard Day's Knight

“I wish you'd stayed longer. I had so much to tell you. I just know you would have understood.”

Understanding Friendship Longing Mental Health Leaving Stay Goodbyes

Book:Girl in Pieces

Source: Girl in Pieces

“I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.”

Friendship Trust Friends Loyalty Secrets Judge Judging Others Trustworthiness Judging People Sharing Secrets

Book:Moth Smoke

Source: Moth Smoke

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