Henry Adams Quotes

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

I want to know what it is to build the foundation of the friendship for real, to have my best friend and not because we're just intimate, but because we're mentally intimate. So I'm waiting for that person to come into my life.

The lust and attraction are often a given in a romance novel - I want to dig into the elements of true friendship that form a foundation for a solid, gonna-last-forever romantic relationship.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

Usually, you don't have commitment promises in a friendship. Usually, it just grows.

Just laughing a lot would be the most important thing in a relationship to me. And a smattering of trust. A dollop of laughter - and an icing of trust.

Trust is important in any relationship, not just a romantic one.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

A relationship to me is never about the romance.

For me, I just value my friendships so much. I mean, I love my family, too, but my friends - I have a really special connection with my friends.

One may get everything in life but to find true and good friends is difficult.

I think in order to really create something special, it has to be built on some foundation. And I think friendship is a good foundation you could always tap back on if you don't agree. So for me, it's not dating, it's more so friendship.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

Longevity in friendship is very important and one of the keys to the foundation of a happy life.

With friendship, it's hard sometimes - you don't outgrow your friends, but you do question how people are friends to you in different ways and how it's okay to cultivate other relationships outside of that.

If you are good friends with someone, you get to know them better and their strengths and weaknesses. You have that respect for each other, and you learn the way one another play.