Friendship

Think about how much better this world would be if people would just smile at each other more often...You don't have to talk; you don't have to agree on anything; all you have to do is smile! Smiling breaks barriers; it eases tension, and it's the first step to making a new friend.

144461I know very little having to do with human beings that doesn't also have to do with connection. We want to be noticed, we want to be good enough, we want friends, and we want to be loved. We want our place to stand.

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

Lord if you can't make me thin - can you make all my friends fat?

The reason people fear to confide in anyone is that even an internal friend can make personal details external, and it will remain eternal.

One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

Internet makes you think that you have millions of friends, whereas you are your own friend.

I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.

I was drawn to his aloofness, the way cats gravitate toward people who’d rather avoid them.

Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!

We should learn from flowers, earthly stars which spend their entire lives shining, shining and growing despite all the difficulties they encounter. They know how to listen and understand the whispers of time, for it is an eternal friend that teaches the importance of friendship and sparkling hope.

John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being. And Keith Richards, fantastic sense of humor. They were smart, sharp. They had their own thoughts on matters.

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.

If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

They were with him, and for that little while the darkness was kind.

I asked if you was pleased.’‘Course I’m pleased! You think I’d be mad if I wasn’t pleased?’‘You don’t make a lick of sense,’ he says, but he is smiling now and he takes a step closer to me.

The person you have known a long tme is embedded in you like a jewel. The person you have just met casts out a few glistening beams & you are fascinated to see more of them. How many more are there? With someone you've barely met the curiosity is intoxicating.