Friendship Quotes

The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.

18559 quotes

"Great friends are those who do not demand your presence, only appreciate your company."
Robertson Davies
"The strongest bonds are made through shared suffering."
Robertson Davies
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"Friendship is the only democracy that truly matters."
Seán Ó Faoláin
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
Frank O'Connor
"The greatest gift we can give others is our presence."
Frank O'Connor
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"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Friends are the family we choose."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life."
Sean O'Casey
"Friendship is the most underrated human relationship."
Douglas Coupland
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"Sisterhood is powerful, even when you don't call it that."
Margaret Atwood
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"I wish I had as many friends as I have acquaintances."
Brendan Behan
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"A real friend is somebody who will let you cry at them."
Brendan Behan
B
"There's nothing like a wake for sorting out who your real friends are."
Brendan Behan
"The society of women is the element of good conversation."
Robertson Davies
J
"Friendship is love without the complications of romance."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"There are just some kind of men who are born to be our friends."
Harper Lee
"When you are young you want to be with people who are like you."
Douglas Coupland
"There is nothing more important than good food and good company."
Carson McCullers
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"The depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance."
Eudora Welty
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"Nothing is better than having a good listener."
Margaret Atwood
"A friend is someone who accepts your past, supports your present, and believes in your future."
Robertson Davies
"A true friend tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear."
Robertson Davies
"You can't make old friends."
Cormac McCarthy
"Friendship requires the courage to be completely honest, even when it hurts."
Carson McCullers
E
"Friendship is a conversation that continues across the years."
Eudora Welty
J
"Friendship is a form of love that requires constant negotiation and renegotiation of boundaries."
Joyce Carol Oates
"True friendship is a rare and precious thing"
Robertson Davies
"The bonds of friendship are stronger than blood"
Robertson Davies
"Friendship requires a kind of bravery. You have to be willing to be known."
Cormac McCarthy
"We are bound together by the simplest of threads."
Carson McCullers