Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
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Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.
Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish, plan, doubt- to Him...He wants not merely to be on good terms with you, but to be intimate.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.
We do not always proclaim loudly the most important thing we have to say. Nor do we always privately share it with those closest to us, our intimate friends, those who have been most devotedly ready to receive our confession.
We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.
An intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable requirements for my emotional life; I have always been able to create them anew, and not infrequently my childish ideal has been so closely approached that friend and enemy coincided in the same person.
From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.
I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I suppose condemned souls go in order not to endure the truth of their past lives.
From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.
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