Another common use of a friend is as a bag of skin that converts, into usually meaningful sounds, the vibrations we make when we talk about our problems.

We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.

Friendship is not something that you seek but something that finds you.

In many cases, though days are dark, friends are still many; it is just that many of them are also having dark days.

Our friends are friends with us not for us but for themselves.

We almost always want variety from the food we eat, but almost never from the people with whom we eat.

You are not really one of some of your friends’ friends.

The three most common killers of friendships are betrayal, distance, and growth.

We ought to readily share our successes with those with whom we readily share our problems.