"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"My friends are my estate."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

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

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."

"Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise."

"Every person is a new door to a different world."

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

"I get by with a little help from my friends."

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

"Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival."

"I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel."

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

"The love of my life is the love between friends."

"One's best friend is oneself."

"A Friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway!!!"

"To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy..."

"Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver and the other gold"

"Make new friends, both young and old, one in Silver, the other Gold."

"Make new friends but keep the old, some are silver and others are Gold"

"I have a hand, and you have another; put them together and we have each other."

"Strangers are just friends waiting to happen."

"Sometimes you pick your friends, sometimes they pick you."

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own."

"Though our communication wanes at times of absence, I'm aware of a strength that emanates in the background."

"I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow."

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."

"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You canít have too many friends because then youíre just not really friends."

"No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."

"Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways an yours."

"Friends are the Bacon Bits in the Salad Bowl of Life."

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."

"Truth and tears clear the way to a deep and lasting friendship."

"True friendship is never serene."

"Friendship: a building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears."

"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."

"It's the friends you can call up at 4am that matter."

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

"Friend - a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection and loyalty."

"A new friendship is like an unripened fruit - it may become either an orange or a lemon"

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade."

"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

"I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody."

"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."

"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."

"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."

"The best mirror is an old friend."

"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies."

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."

"I count myselt in nothing else so happy
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends."

"I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial."

"Sir, more than kisses, letters, mingle souls;
For, thus friends absent speak."

"Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend
Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end."

"Friends have all things in common."

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

"No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence."

"It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm,
A happy and auspicious bird of calm..."

"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."

"The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters."

"One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter."

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an oppourtunity."

"There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart."

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends."

"True friendship is never serene."

"When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance."

"Friends are born, not made."

"This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joy, and cutteth griefs in half."

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose."

"There is no hope of joy except in human relations."

"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life."

"Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them."

"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?"

"Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter."

"Friendship without self interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life."

"Never kiss a friend. If you have deeper feelings, never reveal them. You will lose that friend forever..."

"Do not save your loving speeches
For your friends till they are dead;
Do not write them on their tombstones,
Speak them rather now instead.

"True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."

"Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare
False friends are like leaves, found everywhere."

"Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends."

"We are all angels with only one wing...we can fly only embracing each other."

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them"

"A good friend is hard to find, hard to lose, and impossible to forget..."

"Time isn't what makes a friendship last...It's love and devotion that keeps the tie between souls."

"The best antiques are old friends."

"Friendship is a special kind of love."

"The secret to friendship is being a good listener."

"A true friend is someone you can trust with all your secrets."

"Gems may be presious, but friends are priceless."

"You my friend, I wiil defend. And if we change, we'll love you anyway."

"If you have more than one friend, you have more than your share!"

"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."

"A person is only complete when she has a true friend to understand her, to share all her passions and sorrows with, and to stand by her throughout her life."

"Material things can't make the soul whole. The only the love, trust, and loyalty of friends can do that."

"Friendship is not friendship without trust, without it I walk alone."

"Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together."

friendship is talking to your best friend without words."

"A true friend is the one who knows more about you than yourself and still loves you>"

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together"

"Money might make you wealthy, but friends makes you rich."

"You don't make friends, you earn them."

"When your looking for a friend don't look for perfection, just look for friendship."

" A friend is someone who sticks (hangs) to you at all times, and a friend is someone who you trust...."

"How do you know you've found your best friend. When you are ready to talk to them about anything, even though they know everything about you already."

"A friend with break your heart, a friend will mend it, a friend will provide you with every feeling in the world, good and bad. A friend is emotion incarnate."

"Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, but somewhere in the middle we've become best of friends."

"When we are grown, we'll smile and say we had no cares in childhoods day, but we'll be wrong. 'Twill not be true, I've this much care... I care for you."

"A faithful friend is a strong defence and he that hath found one hath found a treasure"

"Friends are those who norish the spirit"

"I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way."

"A friend loves you, makes you feel alright, troubles are not troubles when you talk, listen and accept you as you are, because you will feel the same and love the same......."

"Try to be governed by your loves and not your hates and find goodness and beauty where you can."

"It is better to be thought of as a fool, rather than open your mouth to remove all doubt."

Keep your eyes upon me, keep me in your sight, Help me don the crooked road, lead me to the light. The road I'm on is dark, I'm not sure if I know the way, Yet with you right beside me, I'm certain I won't stray. Protect me from the world, I know we'll make it through, Give me all the strength I need..... Let me lean on you."

"No lapse of time or distance of place can lessen the friendship of those who are truly persuaded of each other's worth."

"Friendship is what gets you through the bad times and helps you enjoy the good times"

"Friends are angels following you through life"

"Friends are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up and sometimes they lean on you."

"You cannot say you've lost a friend. If a friendship is capable of ending, it is because it never existed."

"A world without a friend, what would it be? It would be like a world without water, something you need. Friends are like glass, once broken, they are hard to fix. Keep your friends, as you would keep your water."

"The music may stop now and then, But the the strings will remain forever..."

"Friend derives from a word meaning "free." A friend is someone who allows us the space and freedom to be."

"Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others."

"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts."

"Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go;
Scatter bits of courtesy--------
watch them grow and grow.
Gather buds of friendship;
Keep them till full-blown;
You will find more happiness
than you have ever known.

"We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendshipt is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, There is at last one drop that makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is at last one drop that makes the heart run over."

"Any day is sunny that's brightened by a smile...Any friendship blossoms if it's tended to with style."

"The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said."

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."

"The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

"How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to."

"I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together...always."

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."

"A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!"

"A friend is like an oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!"

"A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you."

"One loyal friend is better than ten thousand family members."

"You just remined me of what's really important in life, friends, best friends."

"Times of need are not enough to prove your friendship."

"If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?"

"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart."

"Friends are like Peanut Butter ... it sticks to the roof of your mouth .like a friend sticks to you.... and it feels as if they never go away.!"

"True friendship, unlike love, always lasts forever."

"To the world you are someone, but to someone you are the world."

"A friend will be there for you when things are good...but a TRUE friend will be there for you when things are good and also when things are very bad...and just when it feels like you will never smile again...she can put a smile on your face with just with a hug!"

"A real friend is not one who only entertain you, but one who cares about you, one who will be there when you cry"

"Best friends are better than boyfriends."

"As I reach a time of complete uncertainty, friends are my most precious asset."

"There is no distance too great between friends, for love gives wings to the heart."

"Where there is love there is life."

"A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope."

! " I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. . . I'd like to be the help you've always been glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way."

"A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm."

"A friend in kindergarten is the one who sat next to you and let you have the pretty red crayon, when only the ugly black one was left."

"True friendship is one that lasts even though one friend's sole has left this earth"

"A reassuring presence, A LIGHT when times are dark, A hand reaching out, Is what friendship is about."

"We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry."

When I'm asked what one happy thought is I always say knowing that no matter how big the fight is I will always havea best friend.

"Dont walk on front of me, i may not follow~ dont walk behind me i may not lead~ just walk beside me and be my friend."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

"I believe in Angels, the ones that heaven sends
I believe in Angels, but i call them my best friends"

"Friendship is like a popsicle on two sticks, when the friendship breaks, so does the popsicle, making everything a mess"

"Even on the road to hell a flower will make you smile."

"Dreams are wishes casted upon stars, so catch a shining one ~ take your friend's hand~ and hold on forever"

"You are you and I am I,
You do your thing and I'll do mine,
and if in the end we meet up together,
it is beautiful."

"Love doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile."

"All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere and somehow there is someone searching for us."

"We laughed
until we had to cry.
We gave love,
right down to our last goodbye.
We were the best
we thought we'd ever be
Just you and me,
for just a moment...

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back."

"My wish upon this shooting star is that your heart be happy."

"If we discovered that we had only 5 minutes left to say what we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them."

"A friend you have to buy, wont be worth what you pay for him."

"I can doubt my friends, but I can believe in our friendship."

"IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY SHOULD BE, THEY WILL BECOME ONE OF THE CROWD. IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY OUGHT TO BE TREATED, THEY WILL BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL."

"True friends, like ivy and the wall stand together and both together fall."

The following two quotes were sent in by Cheryl.
"Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious things."

"With clothes the new are the best, with friends the old are the best."

"Friendship is like thighs, they are always sticking together."

"If you are going to gain anything in life, gain a friend, they will always be there, and that makes all the difference in the world."

"True friends are never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart"

"A real friend will tell you when you have spinach stuck in your teeth."
-Sent in by Nadine Cooper

The following two quotes were sent in by Louisa
"Shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy is double joy"

"Most people come into our lives and quickly leave. It is the special few that come in and leave a footprint in our hearts. and we are forever changed."

"There is an exquisite melody in every heart. If we listen closely, we can hear each other's song. A friend knows the song in your heart and responds with Beatiful harmony."

The following two quotes were sent in by Beth Miklius.
"Friends are like flowers, beautiful flowers; friends are like flowers in the garden of life."

"True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had."

"If we were leaving in a world where to say i love you would make more sense, i would always say you i love you"

"Choose your friends carefully you never know who is on your side, and remember the truth shall prevail. "

"False friends aren't always that bad because it shows you about yourself and teaches you to be strong and life goes on."

"Remember that every good friend was once a stranger"

"They say 'you only regret the things you never do.' Then why do I regret every bad thing I did to you?"

"The rain may be falling hard outside,
But your smile makes it all alright.
I'm so glad that you're my friend.
I know our friendship will never end."

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."

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

"Friendship is essentially a partnership."

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship."

"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

"A friend loves at all times."

"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another."

"Friendship is Love without his wings!"

"Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it."

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost"

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"Every man passes his life in the search after friendship."

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere."

"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need."

"Friends show their love in times of trouble..."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"A good friend is my nearest relation."

"My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private."

"Your friend is your needs answered."

"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit."

"Let your best be for your friend..."

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures."

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."

"Friendship needs no words..."

"Friends are the sunshine of life."

"The best mirror is an old friend."

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure."

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."

"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."

"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire."

"I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend."

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

"Hold a true friend with both your hands."

"Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love."

"There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom."

"To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship."

"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."

"No man is useless while he has a friend."

"A friend is a present you give yourself."

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose."

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

"You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality."

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."

"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty."

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

"A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be."

"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be somewhere else."

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."

"In a friend you find a second self."

"The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said."

"A friend loveth at all times."

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute they meet you than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."

"Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"

"Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."

"A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails."

"A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart."

"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."

"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait to hear the answer."

"The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

"A friend is someone who reaches out for your hand...and touches your heart."

"How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to."

"Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same." "I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together...always."

"Love is temporary...but friends are forever." - Kelly Wheeler "Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."

"...no man is useless while he has a friend."

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

"Friends are born, not made."

"Well, it seems to me that the best relationships--the ones that last-- are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is...suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!"

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."

"A friend is like an Oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!"

"A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you." - Unknown "It takes years to build up trust, and just seconds to destroy it."

"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some kind of mark on it forever."

"Friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life."

"When a friend's in trouble, don't insult him by asking what you can do, think for yourself and start doing it."

A friend in need is a friend indeed.- "To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden."

"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

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

"An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship."

"Friends are born, not made."

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

"Hold a true friend with both your hands."

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential."

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

"Remember friends as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As low as I you once must be, Prepare yourself and follow me."

"A brother is not always a friend, but a friend is always a brother."

"Never hurt your friends, not even in a joke."

"A friendship that stops existing, was actually never there."

"One loyal friend is better than ten thousand family members." - Unknown "Hold on to your friend with both hands."

"He who searches for friends without faults, will never have a friend."

"You will never have a perfect friendship, but you must strive for one."

"A person who has no friends, lives only half way."

"Be careful of what you say, friendship can end in one minute because of a stupid word." "Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life."

"Friends are the angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

"Wherever you may be it is your friends who make your world."

"I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh. But I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry."

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

"To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed."

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I would not follow, I would be at the bottom to catch them when they fall."

"A friend in need is a friend indeed."

"A good friend is my nearest relation."

"A hedge between keeps friendship green."

"God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself."

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."

"The best of friends must part."

"The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb."

"Life without a friend is like death without a witness."

"The best mirror is an old friend."

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose." "There is no hope of joy except in human relations."

"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life."

"Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them."

"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?"

"Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter."

"Friendship without self interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life."

"Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare False friends are like leaves, found everywhere."

"People never know how special someone is until they leave, but maybe sometimes its important to leave, so they are given that chance to see how special that someone really is!"

Don't ever B afraid 2 cUm 2 me n cry Don't ever hesitate 2 look me n the eye Don't ever B afraid 2 tell me how U feel Remember ur my girl n V gotta keep it real. "Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever."

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other."

"I never had better friends than the friends I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

Since we met its been you and I, a tear for a tear baby eye for an eye and u know that my heart gonnna cry if you leave me lonely cuz u not just my friend your my homie Put it on me if this was our world, it would be all yours babbyy"

"Friends are the siblings God forgot to give us."

"You'll always be my best friend, you know too much!"

"When it hurts to look back and your scared to look ahead you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."

"You mean the world to me and I'll never stop loving you 'Cause what you have given me I can never repay And if we meet again somehow, I will love you then as now 'Cause you mean the world to me.

'Cause we are each other's angels And we meet when it is time We keep each other going And we show each other signs."

"Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you!"

"And I'm still here, waiting here, to catch you if you fall. I don't know why I care so much when I shouldn't care at all."

"Out of every girl I meet, no other can compete I'd ditch em all for a night with you. I know you don't believe you mean this much to me, but I promise you that you do."

"If I had one wish this is what it would be, I'd ask you to spend all your time with me, we'd be together forever.."

"I guess that it's you I want to hold on to, but you're holding onto someone else."

"Your friends are what will matter in the end."

"If only you could see the you that is a part of me, maybe you could see inside yourself."

"Should I forgive and should I forgive the hurt that's caused me all this?"
Your my best friend forever and always we're together too much but far not enough and if you die before I do ask god if heaven's got room for two.
"Nothing makes the earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance.

No present could bring more joy to open, Then the one filled with your smile.

How sad it would be, to be blind. To never have seen your smile. I remember the first time I heard your voice, a sound I never tire.

Every time you cross my mind, I think how lucky I've been, to have you as my special friend.

So remember not to frown, for I know someone, who is in love with your smile.

"Your best friends are going to hurt you every once in a while, you must forgive them for that."

"Forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness."

"Compared to friendship, gold is dirt."

"Sometimes I think we don't need anyone else in the world../ but then again who would we talk about."

"Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you figure out who you are."

"When you have no light to guide you and no one to walk beside you, I will come to you. When the night is dark and stormy, you won't have to reach out for me, i will come to you."

"Sometimes when all your dreams, they have seen better days When you don't know how or why, but you've lost your way Have no fear when your tears are falling I will hear your spirit calling And I swear that I'll be there, come with me."

"We all need somebody we can turn to, someone with no reason to stay. So if you fear that your sun is dying and you need the strength to keep trying, well i'll reach out and take your hand."

"Friends are the Angels that help you fly"

"True friends are the people who brighten your smile every time your with them"

"I consider you my blood and it don't come no thicker"

"If all my friends were flowers, I would look around and pick you"

"If I could plant a seed everytime I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden."

"Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find one good a hundred you must try."

"Never look back...
Never regret...
Never remember
the people you've met.
Never begin...
And never end...
Never say never
when it comes to your friends!"

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with friendship."

"I would rather you hate me for who I am than love me for who I'm not"

"Love is Just Like Life. Its not always easy and it does not always bring happiness.... but when we do not drop living, Why should we Drop Loving!"

"Friends are like gems, they're ALL priceless"

"People who love you
people who you love back
people that will always be there for you
through the good times and the bad
they make you happy when you are sad
they are angels that have yet to earn their wings
they are your dearest friends"

"Friends are like your second family only closer"

"Who says there are no miracles? there are friends aren’t there?"

"Love isn't a desise or viruses or a sickness...but a gift instead. it can't be bought or stolen only earned. "

"If i die today, or even tomorrow I’ll have no regrets if you tell me you're my friend"

"If you are going to jump off a mountain, I won't be beside you. I'll be below going to catch you."

"We've shared many smiles and many tears, but nothing beats the laughter."

"The best of friendships are the ones where two friends can sit on a swing, not saying a word, but walk away feeling like u just had the best conversation ever."

"People may not remember exactly what you did or what u said, but they will always remember how you made them feel."

"Friends are the roses of life: pick them carefully and avoid the thorns."

"Our paths may change as life goes along, UT the bond between friends remains ever strong"

"Friends stand beside each other through thick and thin, every time you need me I will always be there for you. You make me happy, you make me laugh, you are the best friend anyone could ever have. BEST FRIENDS."

"Any time not spent in love is wasted"

"The best way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost"

"Despite the advice about choosing your friends wisely, you really can't choose your friends. They choose you."

"The trouble is not so much dying for a friend, it is finding a friend worth dying for."

"A good friend finds it harder to hold a pencil than to hold a grudge."

"I may never get the chance to win the lottery. I may never get the chance to go on vacation. But I have the chance to be your friend, that chance I'll take."

"What are friends for, if you can't use them."

"Beware when you are judging you friends, for they maybe judging you first."

"Friends are like money in the bank, longer you keep them, the more they are worth."

"It would be easier to cut off my hand than lost you as my friend."

"A friend is someone who smile when you smile, laugh when you laugh, but hold your hand when you cry."

"A friend is someone who listens when you speak, understands when you cry and guides you on your way."

"A friendship is like a gold chain.. each link is a memory from past to present.. never let the chain break or else the friendship will be gone.. remember gold is a valuable as the friendship is"
"Through life we suffer. Through friends we never have to suffer alone"
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though they know you are slightly cracked."

"Friends let you know that you are not alone on the road of life."
"I have my friends for their personality, my acquaintances for their opinions and my eninies for their brains."

"If you have a friendship that’s nearly at the end, screw the friendship and make all the questions end."

"If my best friend is the person I can always depend on, then my only best friend would be my mother or God."

"Some memories can hurt, but with you by my side our friendship will survive"
"Treat your friends as you do your pictures and put them in the best light."

"The only thing on this earth that will never die is a memory and in our friendship we have made so many."

"A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears."
"A true friend is one who like you as you are."
Piglet sidled up behind Pooh. "Pooh," he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."

"A person without any friends is like a tree without its roots."

"My friends are like a deck of cards, they come in kings and queens, red and black, six and seven, but if one is missing, the deck won't work...and that is friendship."

The following eight quotes were sent in by Molly
"We can't call people without wings angels, so we call them friends instead."

"Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?"

"Friends aren't jumper cables, you don't throw them into the trunk and pull them out for emergencies."

"Everything ends up okay, if it doesn't end up okay then it’s not the end."

"You could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty. Some are dull while others are bright. Some have weird names. But we all have to learn to live in the same box."

"I shed a tear in the ocean. The day I find it is the day I stop loving you."

"It's not that I can't live without you, it's just that I don't want to try."

"It's better to love someone you can't have than to have someone you can't love."

"LOVE is not a virus...........But it should be".

"Friends are like bras...they give lots of support"

"Without a world there is no friends, but without friends there is no world."

"You have your whole life, So become someone's friend, before they leave you forever"

"Never let your friendship die because of a lie, Tell the truth"

"Friendship is like a precious flower
Ready to bloom every hour.
It may stop growing
or keep on flowing
But you'll still have it forever."

"Best friends need not be physically present, each keep the other company in the hearts."

"Memories last forever pictures may not."

"I consider you my blood and it don't come no thicker..."

"Friendship is that sheltering tree which covers you with warmth when you are cold with Sorrow, balms your soul when you are hurt in heart and bandages with love when you bleed inside!"

"I will always be able to get through the dark times in life, as long as my friends are waiting for me in the light."

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players."

"My God, this is a hell of a job. I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends, my goddamn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor at night."

"Good friends come and good friends go, but only the best friends stick around forever."

"Did I ever tell you you're my hero? You're everything I wish I could be, I can fly higher than an eagle, cause you are the wind beneath wings."

"Met you as a stranger
Took you as a friend
Hope we meet in Heaven
Where friendship never ends"

"Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken." - Carole King

"If I had a star for every time you made me smile, I'd have a whole nights sky in the palm of my hands."

"Our relatives are the family that we are born with, our friends are the family we choose."

"Friendship is the comfort that comes from knowing that even when you feel all alone, you aren't."

"We each take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other, everywhere."

"Friends are those with whom we feel comfortable enough to 'think out loud.'"

"Love is friendship on fire."

"A Gift of Friendship is Priceless, Especially When It Comes From YOU"

"Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world."

"Friendship: Our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow . For without our most cherished friends our world is so often filled with sad tomorrows."

"True friends are never forgotten, they live within our hearts and souls.... forever , and always , dancing on our stage of memories."

"The language of friendship is not words , but rather meanings . It is an intelligence above language."

"Rose is a flower that lives for an hour! Friendship is a tower that lives forever." "true friend is someone who will know your name in heaven"