CURATED COLLECTION

The Meaning of True Friendship

Real friendship is rarer than love and harder to define — but you know it immediately when you feel it.

43 quotes found

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Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation.

—Elif ShafakNovelist

Contemporary ERA • MENA

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The strength of a relationship lies not in its length but in its depth.

—PremchandWriter

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'

—C.S. LewisWriter & Theologian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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The most delightful of all sounds is the voice of the person we love.

—XenophonHistorian & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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There is no greater religion than human friendship.

—Kazi Nazrul IslamPoet, Musician & Revolutionary

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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A lover who has been with you a long time. It gives a sense of security.

—Sei ShonagonAuthor

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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For a friend with an understanding heart is a treasure.

—HomerEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The only trick of friendship is to find people who are better than you.

—Hanya YanagiharaNovelist & Editor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

—Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Connection is why we're here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Come, let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us.

—Yunus EmrePoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Love is the courage to stay when everything in you says run.

—Edith TiempoPoet & Writer

Post-War ERA • Southeast Asia

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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

—Victor HugoPoet, Novelist & Dramatist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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He who has found a good friend has found a treasure.

—PindarLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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If I loved you, it's because you are my love, my accomplice, and everything.

—Mario BenedettiNovelist, Poet & Playwright

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic friend.

—EuripidesScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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His memory lives within me, a constant companion through every trial.

—Layla al-AkhyaliyyaPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Because it was him, because it was me.

—Michel de MontaignePhilosopher & Writer

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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