Edith Wharton Quotes

The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

I'm lucky that I've never been bullied personally. There are always going to be kids who are mean and say stuff, but the people that matter to you - the people you love, like your parents, your siblings, and your friends - those are the people you should listen to.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

The first song I wrote was for my friend. She was going through a really tough time.

Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.

She'll have to get over it, then. Are you going to let her drop out of Dauntless for a stupid reason like not being able to walk?" Zeke is quiet for a few seconds. His eyes shift over my face, and he squints, as if weighing and measuring me. Then he turns and bends and wraps his arms around me. it's been so long since someone hugged me that I stiffen. Then I relax, and let the gesture force warmth over my body.

Having a friend made everything else suck less.

Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.

Sometimes, when we're feeling challenged in life, we feel a pull to isolate, and for me part of the joy of being a wife, a mother, and in a cast of friends is allowing myself to be in spaces of love. So being open to that love.

The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises.

Sometimes some of the toughest things you deal with end up being the best things because you realize the people that you can rely on, that love you and support you through it.

She couldn’t hide from everyone for the rest of her life… Well she could. That was the direction things were going. But she knew from long-ago experience that when you were uncertain and if you were courageous enough to let her in a real friend could do a world of good.

That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.

Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.

It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.

I'm definitely close to Jen [Lawrence]; we're like sisters on set. Every day, she hugs me three times before she leaves, and does little things that are really sweet.

In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a vocation.

It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life.

Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love.

Neither one of us could be sure we'd get our money back on this investment, but we just wanted to have company of our own for once because we were best friends.

In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed.