Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

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.

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

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

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of read more

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.

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

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

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, read more

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will b.