[My father] was generous with ...

[My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since.

~Linda Ellerbee~

[Families] are made to make yo...

[Families] are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

~Anais Nin~

Your wealth is where your frie...

Your wealth is where your friends are.

~Plautus~

Your friend is the man who kno...

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

~Elbert Hubbard~

You win the victory when you y...

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

~Sophocles~

You will find yourself refresh...

You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?...Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

~Lydia M. Child~

You never know how many friend...

You never know how many friends you have until you rent a cottage at the beach.

~Kraig Kristofferson~

You hear a lot of dialogue on ...

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

~Erma Bombeck~

You cannot be friends upon any...

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

~Woodrow Wilson~

You can make more friends in t...

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

~Anonymous~

You can always tell a real fri...

You can always tell a real friend:  when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

~Laurence J. Peter~

Yes'm, old friends is always b...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

~Sarah Orne Jewett~

Years and years of happiness o...

Years and years of happiness only make us realize how lucky we are to have friends that have shared and made that happiness a reality.

~Robert E. Frederick~

Writers seldom choose as frien...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.

~Catherine Drinker Bowen~

Women rely on friends. ... Tha...

Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.

~Cokie Roberts~

Women can form a friendship wi...

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

Without wearing any mask we ar...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Journals, 1843~

Without friends no one would c...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

~Aristotle~

With friends like you - who ne...

With friends like you - who needs enemas.

~Anonymous~

Wishing to be friends is quick...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

~Aristotle~