129 Friends Quotes

For many, "Friends" isn't just a TV show—it’s a cultural phenomenon that has provided endless laughter, memorable moments, and some of the most quotable lines in television history. Whether you're a die-hard fan who can recite every episode or a casual viewer who loves to revisit iconic scenes, there's no denying the impact this show has had on our lives. Dive into our curated collection of the top 129 "Friends" quotes, and relive the wit, wisdom, and whimsy that have made this series a beloved classic for over two decades. Get ready to laugh, cry, and maybe even shout "PIVOT!" as we journey through the timeless humor of Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe.

1. “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not followDon’t walk behind me… I may not leadWalk beside me… just be my friend” - Albert Camus

2. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” - Mark Twain

3. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” - J.K. Rowling

4. “A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” - Jane Austen

7. “When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.” - Fred Rogers

8. “There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.” - Jim Henson

9. “Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.” - Aristotle

10. “The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

11. “It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.” - Mahatma Gandhi

12. “The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.” - Oliver Goldsmith

13. “I told Mama and Savannah about Ruben's proposal. That got us to talking about marriage and we laughed and cried some, and missed Papa, and it felt good to belong to each other. I don't feel as lonely today as I have in months. At least I know there are other women around me. ” - Nancy E. Turner

14. “Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.” - Wayne W. Dyer

15. “I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!” - Charlotte Brontë

16. “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.” - Aristotle

17. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.” - S.E. Hinton

18. “Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!” - J.K. Rowling

19. “Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.” - Paulo Coelho

20. “As I have learned over the years, your friends don’t change; you just learn to ignore or embrace the bad bits.” - Carrie Adams

21. “In the first place it's not true that people improve as you know them better: they don't. That's why one should only have acquaintances and never make friends. An acquaintance shows you only the best of himself, he's considerate and polite, he conceals his defects behind a mask of social convention; but we grow so intimate with him that he throws the mask aside, get to know him so well that he doesn't trouble any longer to pretend; then you'll discover a being of such meanness, of such trivial nature, of such weakness, of such corruption, that you'd be aghast if you didn't realize that that was his nature and it was just as stupid to condemn him as to condemn the wolf because he ravens or the cobra because he strikes.” - W. Somerset Maugham

22. “No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson

23. “When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?” - John Irving

24. “If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?” - George Eliot

25. “Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a story that started on a night that's burned into my heart will end the way I wish it could. You're really gone, no last words, and no matter how many letters I write to you, you're never going to reply. You're never going to say good-bye. So I will. Good-bye, Julia. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being you.” - Elizabeth Scott

26. “We did musical chairs to sit with our partner. Glasses were refilled and heads bent in pairs. Looking over the table, I was suffused with affection for my friends. If you could bottle this warm feeling and turn it into words, I thought, that would be the perfect toast.” - Kerry Reichs

27. “I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.” - Ewan McGregor

28. “What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!""You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!""THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!” - J.K. Rowling

29. “The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. “I have really good instincts about friends.” - Nicole Richie

31. “If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. ” - Dean Koontz

32. “Inventory:"Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.” - Dorothy Parker

33. “Just because I've gone and snagged myself a hot boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to leave my bestfriend high and dry.” - Becca Fitzpatrick

34. “All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.” - Markus Zusak

35. “Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out.” - Sarah Dessen

36. “Here's to our enduring sisterhood. May it bind us together more tightly that the Lycra in my Spanx underpants.” - Susan McBride

37. “We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.” - George W. Bush

38. “As we reached the wooded hill that led to the pipe, Cheater said, "Uh-oh.""What's wrong?" I asked."Is anyone here thinking about kicking the crap out of me?" he asked."Not me," I said."Me either," Lucky said."Maybe tomorrow," Flinch told him. "But not at the moment." hidden talents” - David Lubar

39. “On page 607, alluding to the end of my first marriage (and carefully remembering to state that that's none of his business), he very sweetly says that I 'might leave a wife, but not a friend.' Nice try. Neat smear. But he shouldn't be so sure....” - Christopher Hitchens

40. “I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.” - Jim Butcher

41. “Hold on little girlShow me what he's done to youStand up little girlA broken heart can't be that badWhen it's through, it's through Fate will twist the both of you So come on baby come on over Let me be the one to show you” - Mr. Big

42. “Remember to say "I love you" to family and friends not just your significant other.” - Vianka Van Bokkem

43. “It is as easy to find a lover as to keep a friend, but as hard to find a friend as to keep a lover.” - Emma Frances Dawson

44. “As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave.” - James Jones

45. “A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.” - Aesop

46. “What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence.” - Christopher Hitchens

47. “Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.” - Christopher Hitchens

48. “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” - Marilyn Monroe

49. “Think where man's glory most begins and endsAnd say my glory was I had such friends.” - William Butler Yeats

50. “You're well enough looked after now' says Farouq. 'We are your friends. Don't we care about you? All this bitterness, it's in your own mind. To be accepted as a human being, you must behave like one. The more human you act, the more human you'll be.' He spoils the effect of this decent speech by adding with a smirk, 'Four-foot cunt.” - Indra Sinha

51. “The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds, that moment a new standard of conduct is established, and your eager neighbors look to you for a continuous manifestation of the good cheer, the sympathy, the ready wit, the comradeship, or the inspiration, you once showed yourself capable of. Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.” - Kate Douglas Wiggin

52. “Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving toward me, "I know how it feels to be watched every second of every day. I know what it's like to trust fewer and fewer people until it seems like you are completely alone in the world. I know you think the only things that are left in your life are the bad things. I know what you're feeling, Cam." Her hands were on my shoulders. Her blue eyes were staring into mine. "I know.” - Ally Carter

53. “It was if we all sensed we'd be gone someday soon in a sudden instant--often it happened in the middle of the night--and didn't want to get involved. Or else it was that none of us wanted to know anybody later on who was the way we were now.” - Richard Ford

54. “Even friends need private spaces, if only within the depths of their own souls, where no one else is allowed to intrude.” - Mary Balogh

55. “It took him a while to figure out that gaining an audience was not the same thing as gaining friends.” - Julia Scheeres

56. “This was the beginning. The end is easily foreseen; for, given a young man of Dick's temperament, longingfor companionship, and another young man of Charlie's make−up, with a legitimate business to bring the twotogether, and only a friendship of the David and Jonathan order could result.” - Harold Bell Wright

57. “it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.” - Lemony Snicket

58. “I think of how people can betray me simply by not caring enough to hide the fact of how little they care.I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.” - Douglas Coupland

59. “Friends are like bras, attached near your heart for support. Foes are like panties, deported, every now and then, when they get dirty.” - Santosh Kalwar

60. “But Lunch Isn't That Bad, ReallyOnce I get used tohaving to eat with two peopleinstead of one.Two people who have known each otherfor such a long timethat they practically speak in code.Two people who are always saying,"Remember the time when this happened?"and "Remember the time when that happened?"(Which, of course,I never do,because I wasn't there.)Well, okay,it is that bad.It sucks, even.” - Sonya Sones

61. “Sorry excuses for hunters and friends. Both of us.” - Suzanne Collins

62. “I got bored," he says. "Besides, you know what's creepier than walking around your dead brothers' apartment? Sitting alone in a hearse in front of his apartment.” - Holly Black

63. “I survive at the edge of friends circles.” - Holly Black

64. “The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.” - Nicole Richie

65. “But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.” - Adriana Trigiani

66. “Romy had never done a budget, Marisol had never designed costumes and sets, and Suzanne had never acted, but when I asked them to help, they didn't hesitate” - Adriana Trigiani

67. “Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.” - Jess C. Scott

68. “I think they ought to know. You do them a disservice by not confiding something this important to them.”“I didn’t want —”“— to worry or frighten them?” said Dumbledore, surveying Harry over the top of his half-moon spectacles. “Or perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away.” - J.K. Rowling

69. “It is a great, a pleasant thing to have a friend with whom to walk, untroubled, through the woods, by the stream, saying nothing, at peace--the heart all clean and quiet and empty, ready for the spirit that may choose to be its guest.” - Catherine Drinker Bowen

70. “I had lesser friends who would pretend to be interested in a night of catching up and then morph into giggly backstabbers at the first whiff of Polo Aftershave--woman who were lightning fast with the put-down joke or dismissive wave, whatever it took to seem more pretty or witty or larger chested to the nighly swarm of male barflies.” - Kristin Gore

71. “True best friends never fail on understanding, forgiving, and being there for one another no matter what situation that they might be in or having with one another because of the fact of that no matter if it’s two males or females love should always be there as if brothers or sisters if their what we call best friends.” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett

72. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” - A.A. Milne

73. “Ever since college, I make friends. They get married. I lose friends.” - Chuck Palahniuk

74. “You know you're my best friend, right?' he said.I shrugged. I guessed it was true. Now that I wasn't going to be at the parade, they would all hate me. Everything had been carefully choreographed, and me not being there would throw them all off. I realized that kids like Theo and me weren't supposed to have real friends. We were supposed to be all alone and confused. By being each other's friend, we were defying our laws of gravity.” - Heather O'Neill

75. “And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me” - Ray Lamontagne

76. “Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.” - Cassandra Clare

77. “Floating there I held onto faith. Because you can't know who might cross your path or who will take your breath away. You can't know what friends might actually become sisters because they stayed by your side. You can't know when there'll be an unexpected detour that'll take you to the place where you were always meant to be.” - Holly C. Corbett

78. “I am not, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, a good-natured man; that is, many things annoy me besides what interferes with my own ease and interest. I hate a lie; a piece of injustice wounds me to the quick, though nothing but the report of it reach me. Therefore I have made many enemies and few friends; for the public know nothing of well-wishers, and keep a wary eye on those who would reform them.” - William Hazlitt

79. “Should we still be friends when it could be more profitable if otherwise?” - Toba Beta

80. “See, I was never a guy who had a whole heap of friends to belong to. Besides Greg Fienni, I never really had friends. I kind of stayed on my own. I hated it, but I was proud of it too. Cameron Wolfe needed no one. He didn't need to be amongst a pack. Not all of us roam like that. No, all he needed was his instincts. All he needed was himself.” - Markus Zusak

81. “Oh! I know what I wanted to tell you – you’ll never guess who Thomas is chasing after now…”Hmmm, never guess or can’t be bothered to guess – it was a hard call. I yawned again, glancing at the bed, which was inviting me to clamber back inside and pull the sheet over my head. So tempting, but not practical.” - Melanie Cusick-Jones

82. “Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.” - Norman Maclean

83. “I don't like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.” - Carroll Bryant

84. “One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.” - Trenton Lee Stewart

85. “When you're alone is when you can count your friends.” - Stephen Richards

86. “You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!” - Harry S. Truman

87. “I have more online contacts than I can count. I make about one hundred connections a day. I have access to millions of people. I use to think that I had friends in these numbers. But virtual friends are like stars stretched out in the sky. They’re out there, they exist, and I can imagine what they’re like, but we’ll never meet. We all just co-exist in this vast universe with a length of space between us.” - Katie Kacvinsky

88. “I see ridiculous stories about my butt, like how it has been insured. I feel like saying, "Hey, everyone has a butt. It's not that big a deal!" But I suppose it's flattering. Personally, I've always loved the curvy look. Even when I was a little girl and all my friends would be like, "Oh, my god, your butt's so big." And I'd say, "I love it.” - Kim Kardashian

89. “He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at the Institute is not the happy chance I thought it was. Not in his view.” “And after I just finished telling you why you should consider him family,” Jem said, a bit ruefully. “No wonder you looked as if I’d just told you something awful just happened.” “I’m sorry,” Tessa whispered. “Don’t be. It’s Will who ought to be sorry.” Jem’s eyes darkened. “We shall throw him out onto the streets,” he proclaimed. “I promise you he’ll be gone by morning.” Tessa started and sat upright. “Oh – no, you can’t mean that─” He grinned. “Of course I don’t. But you did feel better for a moment there, didn’t you?” - Cassandra Clare

90. “You know that you're a true friend when somebody says "But what about that wart on the end of his nose?" and your honest response is "What wart?". You see true friends accept you for what you are, wart and all.” - Jeffrey Michael

91. “She raised a sharp eyebrow at him. "Vlad, no offense, but look at you. If you're not a vampire, you're clearly the most anemic goth I've ever seen."... "We believed you. Because that's what friends do."pg267 October to Vlad” - Heather Brewer

92. “My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them.” - Steven Herrick

93. “With friends, one is well; but at home, one is better.” - Leo Tolstoy

94. “I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!” - Elizabeth Gaskell

95. “Oh, look, the lights are so pretty,” I said dreamily, having just noticedthem.I smiled at the way the lights were dancing overhead, pink and yellow andblue. I felt some pressure on my arm and thought, I should look over and seewhat’s going on, but then the thought was gone, sliding away like Jell-O off ahot car hood.“Fang?”“Yeah. I’m here.”I struggled to focus on him. “I’m so glad you’re here.”“Yeah, I got that.”“I don’t know what I’d do without you.” I peered up at him, trying to seepast the too-bright lights.“You’d be fine,” he muttered.“No,” I said, suddenly struck by how unfine I would be. “I would be totallyunfine. Totally.” It seemed very urgent that he understand this.Again I felt some tugging on my arm, and I really wondered what that wasabout. Was Ella’s mom going to start this procedure any time soon?“It’s okay. Just relax.” He sounded stiff and nervous. “Just...relax. Don’ttry to talk.”“I don’t want my chip anymore,” I explained groggily, then frowned.“Actually, I never wanted that chip.”“Okay,” said Fang. “We’re taking it out.”“I just want you to hold my hand.”“I am holding your hand.”“Oh. I knew that.” I drifted off for a few minutes, barely aware ofanything, but feeling Fang’s hand still in mine.“Do you have a La-Z-Boy somewhere?” I roused myself to ask, every word aneffort.“Um, no,” said Ella’s voice, somewhere behind my head.“I think I would like a La-Z-Boy,” I mused, letting my eyes drift shutagain. “Fang, don’t go anywhere.”“I won’t. I’m here.”“Okay. I need you here. Don’t leave me.”“I won’t.”“Fang, Fang, Fang,” I murmured, overwhelmed with emotion. “I love you. Ilove you sooo much.” I tried to hold out my arms to show how much, but Icouldn’t move them.“Oh, jeez,” Fang said, sounding strangled.” - James Patterson

96. “No, Harry, you listen," said Hermione. "We're coming with you. That was decided months ago - years, really.” - J.K. Rowling

97. “My house feels like home when you're there.” - Susan Richards Shreve

98. “Part of me wanted this more than anything else in the world—to have someone to hang out with, be like everyone else for a while. The rest of me screamed to get the hell out of there, not to get sucked in.” - Rachel Ward

99. “Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make a distinction between the oriental diamond and its worthless imitation of paste, and separate the grain from the chaff — gossamer words, that weigh nothing, from substantial realities heavier than gold.” - Edward John Trelawny

100. “I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.” - Stephen Chbosky

101. “It's always thoughts of family that drive me crazy, and it's always my friends who bring me back.Agents of Light and Darkness p.218” - Simon R. Green

102. “You cannot be betrayed by your enemies, only your friends.” - Brian D. Anderson

103. “True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.” - Randa Abdel-Fattah

104. “The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not alone. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.” - Bill Condon

105. “Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.” - Dejan Stojanovic

106. “Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

107. “Siempre he creído que en la vida hay personas que te alimentan, que te quieren y que necesitas de tal manera que cuando los pierdes nadie puede llenar ese vacío.” - Albert Espinosa

108. “When you and I met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was nothing. Now it is growing something as we remember it, what will it be when I remember it as I lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then - that is the real meeting. The other is only the beginning of it. You say you have poets in your world. Do they not teach you this?” - C.S. Lewis

109. “Everyone is “extremely nice”—and yet I feel entirely alone. (“Abandonitis”).” - Roland Barthes

110. “We are all the same and we are all different. What great friends we will be.” - Kelly Moran

111. “To be friends is a beautiful thing, Tessa, and I do not scorn it, but I have hoped for a long time now that we might be more than friends.” - Cassandra Clare

112. “We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

113. “One of my biggest complaints about adulthood is that it's difficult to simply hang out with friends” - Erin Doland

114. “Sometimes you see someone doing something that does not fit at all with your idea of that person. You realise that, a lot of the time, you don't really know people, even one of your best friends.Instead, you get to know a little bit about that person - the little things they want to reveal, or inadvertently reveal - and then you make up a whole lot of rubbish that's your idea of the person.” - Steph Bowe

115. “They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic.” - Erin Morgenstern

116. “There are few things worse than mistaking an enemy for a friend.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

117. “I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. They seemed to have a secret code I couldn’t decipher.” - Gloria Whelan

118. “You know, maybe we don't need enemies.""Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.” - Bill Watterson

119. “She bit the inside of her cheek. “You wouldn’t keep secrets from me, would you? I mean we’ve been friends how long?”"We have been friends, thirteen years, eight months, two weeks, four days,” The wheelchair stopped and Ari watched the long shadow look at his watch. “Sixteen hours, four minutes and forty seven seconds and counting I’d say; give or take thirty minutes. Or if you want the short version: five thousand and four days plus or minus a few hours."She put her hands to her face and laughed to keep from crying. “Please tell me you made half of that up. Who actually keeps track of time like that?” - Victoria Escobar

120. “Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change” - 50 cent

121. “Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once....” - Sarah Dessen

122. “Happiness is hanging with friends who know you way more than you'd care to share.” - Todd Stocker

123. “Be mindful of your social environment. By nature, the group you hang-out with will develop a common behavior and mindset. This behavior usually gravitates towards the lowest common denominator. Choose your group wisely.” - Steve Maraboli

124. “If you think people in your life are normal, then you undoubtedly have not spent any time getting to know the abnormal side of them.” - Shannon L. Alder

125. “None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men, let us look out for the best society, that which yields a bracing and wholesome influence. We all know the person for whose company we are the better, though the talk is only about fishing or embroidery.” - Charlotte Mason

126. “Ada ruang kosong di sela-sela sebuah kata. Ada banyak omong kosong di sela-sela bicara--tapi perlu. Adalah percakapan dengan teman yang selalu bisa menjaga kewarasan, menyelamatkanku dari jemu sempurna. Di tengah carut-marut fungsi mekanistik otomatik hampir robotik sebuah industri yang menyelubungi diri dengan judul keramah-tamahan manusia, ada teman-teman--manusia yang hidup dan dekat.” - Nukila Amal

127. “The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.” - Tahir Shah

128. “It is a friend's duty that he does not leave his friend in a difficult position but provide intimacy and support to him. In difficulty who leaves is a false and the one not quitting is a true friend.” - Aacharya Shri Mahashraman

129. “They were your friends?""Yes, they were my friends.""And they will leave you to suffer alone?""Now I see it.""And until this, were they friends you could trust?""I could trust them.""I see what you mean. You mean they were the kind of friends that a good man could choose, upright, hard-working, obeying the law?Tell me, were they such friends?And now they leave you alone?Did you not see it before?""I saw it.” - Alan Paton