#ip

Elizabeth could never address her without feeling that all the comfort of intimacy was over, and, though determined not to slacken as a correspondent, it was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was. ↗

— Jane Austen

#friendship

For as much as Hillary Clinton might hate admitting this about Monica Lewinisky, Eleanor Roosevelt about Missy Le Hand, Queen Alexandra about Lillie Langtry, Lady Nelson about Emma Hamilton, or Jackie about Marilyn, the reality is that despite their intrinsic animosity toward each other, on a a deep level, the wife and the mistress generally have far more in common than they might care to admit and could, had fate dealt them different cards, even been true friends. ↗

— Wendy Leigh

#relationships #women #friendship

karşılıkı duygularından çok az konuşuyorlardı, böylesi sınanmış dostluklarda güzel cümleler ve sıcak ilgi gereksizdi muhtemelen…. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#love #friendship

Pam wasn't what Gloria would have called a friend, just someone she had known for so long that she had given up trying to get rid of her. ↗

— Kate Atkinson

#friendship

No my friend, darkness is not everywhere, for here and there I find faces illuminated from within; paper lanterns among the dark trees. ↗

— Carole Borges

#friendship #hope #lantern #friendship

Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#friendship #memory #friendship

He thought about this for a second. "True. But if you never really make friends, you probably don't have anyone to be your 2 a.m. Which would kind of suck. I just looked at him as he stirred his soup, carrots spinning in the liquid. "Your what?" "Two a.m." He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's, like, the highest level of friendship. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#friendship

Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling? ↗

— Charles Lamb

#friend #friendship #friendship

I'm scared, all right?" I said. I could feel my stomach churn as my gaze rested on the wooden trunk. Nathan turned my chin, looking at me with an expression of utter sincerity. "You don't have to be. I'm here. ↗

— Markelle Grabo

#fantasy #friendship #nathan #ramsey #secrets

لن يشجعك رفاقك الآتون، ولن يواسوك. لن يدلوك على ما فيك من عناصر الخير والصدق. بالعكس.. سيحصون عليك كل غلطة، ولن يروا غير عيوبك، ولن يبينوا لك إلا ما أنت فيه مخطئ، سيفعلون ذلك وفي نفوسهم فرح خبيث. وإذا تظاهروا لك بأنهم لا يحفلون بأمرك بل يزدرون شأنك، كانوا في الحقيقة يفرحون لكل ما تقع فيه من أخطاء (كأن الإنسان معصوم من الخطأ!). ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#solitude #friendship