Words worth keeping

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.

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.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered."Yes, Piglet?""Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.

When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

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.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.