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In many people, incidentally, the gift of having good friends is much greater than the gift of being a good friend. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I've tried. He doesn't want any friend but himself. He's shut himself up tight, like a beautiful flower bud being poisoned from within. — William Shakespeare

Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if you loved him once? Even if he was my best friend? Is it okay to hate him for being dead? — A.S. King

So much of being a good friend was knowing when to keep your mouth shut. — Emma Straub

Being a friend is hard." "If it was easy, anyone could do it." "I love smart women." "Smart women love you." "I'd better go." "Call me later. — Robert Crais

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life. — Lorna Luft

You can be a hero to someone just by being their friend. — Ray Rice

Preparing to survive a typical day of being Digby's friend wasn't that different from preparing to survive the apocalypse. — Stephanie Tromly

I dare say that if I knew him I should not be his friend at all. It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends. — Oscar Wilde

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. — Marian Anderson

Sometimes being a friend is enough in its own right to inspire someone on to victory. — Stephen Richards

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses. — Caleb Carr

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself. — Bliss Carman

There is nothing so disturbing to one's well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich — Charles P. Kindleberger

A good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask
but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Ian Caldwell

I plan on being a friend, a good leader and a good governor over these next three years. — John Rowland

I let a friend set me up on a blind date. It was a disaster. She ended up being a burn victim. By the end of the night. — Anthony Jeselnik

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend. — Nicholas A. Christakis

Like it says in the Bible, being a friend means never having to witness farting belly buttons. Or something. — Jenny Lawson

A fan is a fan is a friend no matter what current he/she/it operates on, AC or DC. Thanks for being one of mine. — Burt Reynolds

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante. — Debi Mazar

Sieh was a horrible father and a wretched friend and a barely competent employee, completely unworthy of being missed or mourned. — N.K. Jemisin

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend. — Truman Capote

I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend. — Suzy Favor Hamilton

You're my friend who happens to be pretty and female. You do realize being your friend doesn't mean I don't have a penis? — Cindi Madsen

Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again. And that was enough for me. — Stephen Chbosky

A friend ... sort of. Ren watches me like I'm a cookie jar he wouldn't mind being caught with his hands in. — Andrea Cremer

The best thing about being a friend, is just being. — Laura Dower

You'll never regret being a good friend. — Emily Giffin

The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend. — Eileen Myles

Being her friend was like going to a tropical island for a little fun in the sun, only to be kidnapped by terrorists. — Lauren Beukes

One of the greatest acts of service you can do is to find someone who is secretly lonely and be a friend to them, if only for a day. — Dan Pearce

Remind me never to piss you off ... Are you as good at being a friend as you are an enemy? — Laurell K. Hamilton

A story is the shortest distance between being a stranger and being a friend. — Paul Smith

In a new friend we start life anew, for we create a new edition of ourselves and so become,for the time being, a new creature. — D.E. Stevenson

To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone. — Umar

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first. — Hulk Hogan

I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper. — Don Cheadle

A friend is someone who makes you a better version of yourself just by being who they are. Their existence is your inspiration. — Toni Sorenson

Fucking bitch thought I was nice. If she thanked me for being her friend, it was over. I'd have to go on a killing spree. — Joanna Wylde

There is so much obligatory generosity to being a good mother, a good wife, a good friend. Solitude is an acceptable form of selfishness. — Anna Quindlen

Maybe having a friend and caring for them no matter what happened was what being brave was all about. — Kerry Alan Denney

She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. — William Penn

Sometimes being a good friend is about saying no, about trying to do what's best for your friend regardless of what they say. — Gitty Daneshvari

There's a lot of advantages to being my best friend. — Paris Hilton

This isn't about being a good friend.."
"No, you're right.. It's about family. You're my family, stupid. — Corrine Jackson

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed. — Samuel Johnson

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend. — Jose Contreras

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest. — Robert Wright

My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend. — Maria Shriver

I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story. — Christopher Pike

Sometimes being a good friend is a simple as making yourself available. — Donna Carter

A true friend honors and encourages our best self, and they will work at aaving us from self destruction, even if that means being difficult. — Karuna Cayton

A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again. — Rosemary Daniell

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend. — Mark McCormack

She was being a jealous, bitter and incredibly selfish friend, she knew that, but Holly needed to be selfish these days in order to survive. She — Cecelia Ahern

I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children. — Whitney Houston

My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off. — Isaac Marion

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. — William Hurt

Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being. — Stella McCartney

If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved. — Maya Angelou

And thought about the female who, despite being human, he was beginning to see as a friend — Anne Bishop

If I don't see the reason of someone being my friend, chances are, we are just floating and I need a ship to set sail. — Michael Bassey Johnson

What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with.
-Jeremy Malory- — Johanna Lindsey

Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? — LeBron James

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend. — Sue Wicks

You're not gay, you were just being a really good friend. — Kate Sherwood

I think if I have established anything in my book, it's that a key element of being my friend is being comfortable with my forced fun. — Amy Poehler

Being a true friend is giving of the one thing you can NOT get back; Time — Angel Dust

The hardest part about parenting is when I have to be The Dad
aka the Fun-Sucker
as opposed to being a friend. — James Patterson

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing. — Kristin Hannah

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised. — Gautama Buddha

He just wasn't good at being a cross between a teddy bear and just a friend. — Shayla Black

A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend. — Olivia Wilde

Being a real friend meant being truthful, and I wanted to stand by that principle, no matter what it cost me — Frank Cascio

Thank you for being a friend. — Christopher Huh

Some of my friends are not being a friend of me ... — Jeevagan Nagarajan

When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul. — Anthony Douglas Williams

A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return. — Aristotle.

Wanting to message a friend, but being unable to without consequences... — Unknown

The whole point of being a good friend is being in the darkness. I'll be your light, until you can be it yourself again. — Catherine Doyle

A man who cheats on the mother of his children, the woman with whom he works and to whom he said I love you, is not worthy of being a friend. — Joko Ono

Yet sometimes being a friend meant letting people do things that hurt, like putting distance between you, just because it made them happy. — Ann Aguirre

Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for a while there. — Leigh Bardugo

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her. — Alexander Pope

Sometimes our preoccupation is on having friends. Perhaps we should focus on being a friend. — Elaine S. Dalton

Of course I remember you." My voice is a strangled whisper. I squeeze my eyes shut. "You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being. — Tahereh Mafi

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend. — Johnny Vegas

A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need. — Plutarch

Being asked to read another writer's rough draft is the literary equivalent of being asked to help a friend move a couch to a new place. — Paul Tremblay

No words would ever be more powerful than the presence of a friend. — Rachel L. Schade

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy. — Zoroaster

As well as being in love, we're great friends. Warren makes me feel wanted, and that counts a lot with me. — Katie Price

Being there when things are easy is one of the benefits of being a good friend. Being there when things get difficult is one of the tests. — Nina Guilbeau

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments. — Joel Osteen

Being a friend of Fischer obviously is no undivided pleasure, though being Fischer seems sadder. — Hans Ree