Malcolm Bradbury Quotes

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.

...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all.

We are all good friends. Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

He that ceaseth to be a friend never was a good one.

Heath, I believed in him when I first met him, and helped and supported him. He went on to obvious success in the States and then I had him support me. It can be a lonely, horrible, hard place. It's great just to have someone to call to say 'I know, man, I was there'

I say find one true friend to help you get through the tough times.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Lots of people want 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.

In life, usually, even if you live in a big city, you can count on your fingers on one hand how many real friends you have; that's human.

Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucy’s nose as if she was a child. “Friends are the support bras of life. We don’t let each other down. Right?

The real friend is another self.

I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it vaults overthe moon. I wish it to be a little of a citizen, before it is quite a cherub.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive.

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

What is a friend? I will tell you . . . . it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Because that's what you do, you stand up for your best friend. And you eat lunch with him and talk with him and share secrets and laugh a lot and go places and do stuff, and when you wake up in the morning, he's the first person you think of.