A Quotes
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“A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.”
Source: Plutarch's Complete Works
“A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.”
“A Friend
Someone
You're happy to see,
Who's happy to see you.
Someone
You like for who they are
Not just for what they can do for you.”
Source: This Journal Belongs to Ratchet
“A friend... sort of. Ren watches me like I'm a cookie jar he wouldn't mind being caught with his hands in.”
“A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.”
“A friend tells you what you want to hear;a best friend tells you the truth.”
“A friend that ain't in need is a friend indeed.”
“A friend. The kind that will happily hurt for you, and you’ll hurt for in return.”
Source: Geek Drama
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
“A friend to all, is not a friend to anyone.”
“A friend to everybody is often a friend to nobody, or else in his simplicity he robs his family to help strangers, and becomes brother to a beggar. There is wisdom in generosity, as in everything else.”
Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon
“A friend to honesty and a foe to crime”
“A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships were formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something strong in common. These are eternal values that cannot be racially classified. This is the way I look at race.”
“A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.”
“A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning.”
“A friend told me he'd risen above jazz. I leave him there.”
Source: Dear John, Dear Coltrane: Poems
“A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced her question by describing how heart-stricken she'd felt when, earlier that day, she'd seen a man in the street beating a mangy stray dog with a stick. "Compassion," the Dalai Lama told her, "is when you feel as sorry for the man as you do for the dog."”
“A friend told me once that grief is the cost of love,” she says. “It’s a pretty steep price, but it’s worth paying. Because the love doesn’t go away either.”
Source: Remind Me to Hate You Later
“A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.”
“A friend told me that one day he and I would be rich and famous. I told him that I'd trade my half of the fame, for his half of the money.”
“A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.”
“A friend told me the longer you keep Romano cheese, the better it gets. So, I kept it three years. And this thing turned mean. Now and then I'd open the refrigerator door and throw it some food. I'd have to walk it now and then. And then it grew this one leg. And it's got this ugly fuzz all over it. And the dogs won't run with it.”
“A friend told me the story of visiting a Tibetan doctor who specialized in pulses. The doctor asked him a few perfunctory questions and then checked his pulse. "You've gone through a terrible breakup," the doctor said. "Your life isn't going to be the same again." The Tibetan doctor was right: something about the pulse -- its rapidity or dullness -- had provided a clue about the longing and belonging. My friend's breakup, and life, had forever been uprooted.”
Source: The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
“A friend told me to listen to my heart. Another friend told me to listen to my gut. Maybe I need an autopsy, because right now my colon is kind of iffy.”
“A friend tweeted me with 'The Big Freeze.' I don't know about that one. I've got to go home, play around with the kids and figure something out. I'll have one.”
“A friend visited and did not like to see the tears in my eyes, the tiredness. I am a river of sadness,’ I sighed.
‘Well you can’t be,’ he said, sternly. ‘There’s no such thing. Rivers move and change and take things away with them and pick things up, like flowers and happiness. Write me a happy poem!”
Source: LUPUS, YOU ODD UNNATURAL THING: a tale of auto-immunity
“A friend who betrays you is an enemy.”
“A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.”
Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler
“A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.”
“A friend who has the belief system that says, "It's everyone for himself in this world" will always instinctively place himself before others, devalue people, mistreat and even abuse the very best friends who sincerely love him.”
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.”
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?”
“A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.”
Source: People You Know
“A friend who is quick to point his or her finger at the stain or patch on your cloth in the presence of others is a friend to be feared.
Be discerning!”
“A friend who knows your weaknesses can either guard them or use them.”
Source: Hollywood Fame and Foul Play
“A friend who loved perfection would be the perfect friend, did not that love shut his door on me.”
“A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price”
“A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.”
“A friend who turned into an enemy thinks of you more than a friend who turned into just an acquaintance.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A friend who used to be my customer told me one day: "I promise I am going to help you to be relocated." He's a realtor and after he bought two buildings in the business district in Boston, he said: "Are you ready for your next place?" I could not believe it.”
“A friend who wasn't her family was just what she needed.”
Source: The Second Favorite Daughter's Club
“A friend who will never fail is the one who will stand by you regardless of the situation, time or location.”
Source: How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed
“A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself.”
Source: Jamestown: A Novel
“A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.”
Source: Gulistan or Rose Garden
“A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.”
“A friend will fight for the truth, not distort it for their personal gain.”
“A friend will give you immediate feedback and that will be that friend's opinion. An analyst often remains quiet and you hear what you've said and you gain your own insight.”
“A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body.”
Source: Hounded
“A friend will soothe, like a cough drop smooth,
Making the symptoms of our condition not so bad.
You will soothe me, like a cough drop thick,
Making the pain go away while I'm still sick.
There's nothing we can do to close our interval,
But celebrate your flavor that makes a sore life bearable.”
Source: Can I Tell You Something?