May Sarton Quotes

There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well.

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.

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

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.

Friends are important, dontcha think? Hmmm? I think so. The way I see it, you got friends, and you got your best friend, big difference. To me, a friend's a guy who will help you move. A best friend's a guy who will help you move a body. That's how I look at it.

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?

Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.

There is no life without friendship

Friendship is full of dregs.

Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer.

Friendship is such an elastic word. There never was an age when it stood for so many things in private, and was yet so absolutely non-existent in fact.

Most of my ex-girlfriends are still close friends. I guess when you are with someone that long, unless they did something really terrible to you, you remain friends. My real estate business is run by my best friend, who is an ex-girlfriend.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Team members care about one another, listen, share secrets, talk about the latest news, have heated arguments, are sometimes jealous of each other, and even cry together.

My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything.

I can understand companionship.

There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.

I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

I plays Joe's best friend. I am the only one he has ever been able to trust in his life, so I help him understand what happened to him when he was younger.

You're supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.

A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.

I've known my best friend since I was a baby, and I don't know what I would do without her. She is always straight with me and can make me laugh hysterically. Everyone should have someone like that in their life.