“A friend is a person who likes you for what you are, in spite of all your faults, all your shortcomings.”

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

“Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults.”

“Your best friend is the person who not only knows all the important stories and events in your life, but has lived through them with you. Your best friend isn't the person you call when you are in jail; mostly likely, she is sitting in the cell beside you.”

“You will find it less easy to unroot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less of others faults; in every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; rejoice in it and as you can, try to imitate it; and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.”

“I wondered if the person who really loves you is the person who knows all your stories, the person who WANTS to know all your stories.”