Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.

Flavia

Because no magic is ever strong enough to revive the dead, that’s why life is the most precious.

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles

Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oal.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

There is an electricity about a friendship relationship. We are both more relaxed and more sensitive, more creative and more reflective, more energetic and more casual, more excited and more serene. It is as though when we come in contact with our friend we enter into a different world.

Andrew M. Greeley

How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase that tells all that your love has meant to me, all that your love has meant to me, all that your friendship spells? There is no word, no phrase for you on whom I so depend. All I can say to you is this, God bless you precious friend.

Grace Noll Crowell

Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.

Arlene Francis

Close friends become family and family is the true center of the universe.

Dave Marinaccio

Together is the nicest place to be.

Anonymous

Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

James R. Cook

Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning — definitely the sensation of belonging there.

E. B. White

When I’m with you, I know my heart’s returned to its home.