Reflection:
‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it.
I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’
~ E.B. White, 1899-1985, Charlotte’s Web
Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
~ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend
~ Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French Philosopher
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
~ Alice Walker, 1944- , Author
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
~ William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, The Passionate Pilgrim