I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place whereeverything I’ve ever known is coming apart. I...

We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We’ve always had a very tight...

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

The pleasures of living is loving!

So what if he is not part of my present but he is in my future, I know. And everyday I’m going a step closer to my future, to him.

I am not stopping till my enemies become my friends.

More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to...

Of course I don’t. But you did feel better for a moment there, didn’t you?

You have this impression from England that New Yorkers can be quite aggressive, but certainly the people that I’ve bumped into and the friends I’ve made here don’t seem that way. Just walking down the...

How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?

Moral obligations verses Legal obligations. Legally, you must abide by the laws of the land or face the consequences of being fined, imprisoned or both. Moral obligations tend to lean more towards a spiritual nature...

I can be maternal with my friends.

Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.

Inventory:”Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I’d been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and...

If the years have taught me one thing it’s that those who care are always scarce. Those who genuinely care; not the acquaintances, false friends or those with similar aspirations. The few who seek your...

It’s January and I’m kicking snow off the ground. I just threw out the flower you made me promise to water, handle with care, because I was too careless, you said. Careless with things and...

I got through it, and I wore it like a badge of honor—I Can Be Alone and it’s Okay.

Sometimes since I’ve been in the garden I’ve looked up through the trees at the sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happy as if something was pushing and drawing in my...

The survival rate of your passion depends on the kind of person that leads you!

I survive at the edge of friends circles.

now” and they do it now! That’s the spirit we need, my friends. If you have the goals and the environment is clear enough, go ahead and do it now!

Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.

The men who are dropped in a jungle or a desert and expected video games and got mundanity and depravity and friends dying like animals.

Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends of all ethnicities, and we would carelessly skip around our elementary school like the powerless version...

You haven’t any right to expect your friends to be larger than yourself, larger than life. Just take them as they are, cut down to average size, and be glad you have them. To drink...

At first, some friends who are actually ‘unfriendly friends,’ would laugh at your faith in succeeding with your dream, because they would judge you based on your past failures and mistakes. But later on, they...

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends—always ready to meet your mood, always ready to change the subject when you have...

The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she...

Some of my educated Filipino friends were aspiring poets, but their aspirations were all in the direction of the United States. They had no desire to learn from the bardic tradition that continued in the...

You just…you don’t take crap from anyone. But not in the fake, rebellious way that most kids do it, like they got something to prove. You’re real, and people respect you a lot for that.

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare; that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in...

…being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them.

You’ll continue to be a bitch no matter what, but I’m glad you aren’t a callous, self-absorbed one.

My best friends are still the ones I first attached myself to when I went to school because, all of a sudden, I was leaving the rather pampered and occasionally very annoying world of having...

You can be the ugliest man in the world but once you got money, you can have all the women in the world.

I replayed the moment I first saw him at the picnic throughout our years together. As corny as it may sound, from the first glance we shared near the cake stand at the picnic, the...

Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a shared...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

The strange thing is, this truly horrifying experience planted a seed deep within my heart that germinated and grew into a desire that, I have to admit, I’ve never completely overcome.

When I wasn’t famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

I don’t really believe in cliques – I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

When you choose your life, ignore people, when you make it in life, remember some friends, when you sing a song, praise your source, when predicaments arises, stand your ground.

I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.

So many people came into your life, and they were such a part of the everyday that it was impossible to imagine them gone until, one day, they were.

I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control, but you’re finding yourself — here, tonight… even in this darkness.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Friends don’t get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we’ll come up with some scary stuff.

We always see the worst in our selves. Our most volnerable selves. We need someone to get close enough to tell us that we’re wrong. Someone we trust.

And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand, at least this much...