“Close friends are truly life’s treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.”
- Vincent van Gogh
“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
“Soulmates come in the form of friends too, it’s not just about romance. Sometimes, it’s your best friend who makes you feel whole and who understands you the most when the world doesn’t understand you at all.”
- Sylvester McNutt
“The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.”
- Aidan Chambers
“Friendship is the most underrated relationship in our lives. It remains the one relation not bound by law, blood, or money — but an unspoken agreement of love.”
- Hanya Yanagihara
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead.
Walk beside me… just be my friend.”
- Albert Camus
“The quality of a friendship should be measured on the strength of your bond and the abundance of love between you, not the number of times you catch up over coffee or go out drinking. We all have different needs, schedules and responsibilities. What’s important is you are there when it matters.”
- Beau Taplin
“In our lives we experience many different kinds of friendships. On the rare occasion we encounter someone so special that we just know we met for a reason. These are the kind of friendships that last forever no matter what city you live in or how often you speak, no matter how old you get or what phase of life you are in. It’s the friendship type that has no judgment and sticks by you even when you fuck up. It’s the kind of friendship that makes you understand unconditional love. Maybe you met your most special friend when you were 6, or 13, or 30… or maybe you are yet to cross paths. It happens at different stages for different people. But when it does, there is no greater comfort than knowing that this person will be right there beside you to share the happiness, the sadness and everything in-between. Never, ever take this friendships for granted.”
- Charlotte Freeman
“I hope you cultivate friendships that spark your brain. It’s easy to make friends you can party with but friends who can help you advance and grow in life, well that’s rare. Those kinds of connections should be cherished.”
- Sylvester Mcnutt
“Sometimes you just need someone to talk to. Someone to pour yourself into. That’s the beauty of having a best friend. You can find them at any given moment and you just know they’ll always be there.”
- Robert M. Drake
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean 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. 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 curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
- Henri Nouwen
“It’s weird how it takes something bad to point out who’s really there for you. When it comes down to it, true friends are as rare as true love.”
- Lisa De Jong
“Support your friends. Listen to their ideas. Go to their events. Share their posts. Celebrate in their victories and remind them of their importance after their failures. A little support can go a very long way in someone’s life.”
- Unknown
“I love those friends who check up on you. Those friends who randomly text or call you to see how life is going. It doesn’t have to be every day, or even every week. But you know they care, and that they’re there if you ever need help. It seems like people nowadays are so caught up in their own lives that they don’t have the time to take care of someone else. It’s nice to know there are still good, selfless people around. If you have one you’re lucky.”
- Unknown
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
- Anais Nin
“To me, one of the most heartwarming blessings in this world is a quality conversation with a kind hearted human being who shows you their vulnerability and allows you to share yours, ending up feeling safe, connected, validated, recharged, and ready to face the world again. Thank you to those who allow me and others this kind of space.”
- Yomna Zaki
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
- Jane Austen
“You will fall in love with your friends. Deep, passionate love. You will create a second family with them, a kind of tribe that makes you feel less vulnerable. Sometimes our families can’t love us all the time. Sometimes we’re born into families who don’t know how to love us properly. They do as much as they can but the rest is up to our friends. They can love you all the time, without judgement. At least the good ones can.”
- Ryan O’connell
“There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very lovable.”
- Yasmin Mogahed
“We need at least one friend who understands what we do not say.”
