Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
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Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,
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A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
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taper of conwiviality, and read more
What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the
taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
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A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
