“Well, all my friends are gone,' Seth said. 'But they did all gang up and murder me. True friends don't really do that.”

“Don't blame us," said my mother. "We didn't blow up half of Court, steal a dozen cars, call out a murderer in the middle of a crowd, or get our teenage friend crowned queen.""Actually," said Abe, "I did blow up half of Court.”

“Don't forget to be your wife's best friend as well as her husband. True friendship in marriage does away with all sorts of trouble.”

“A friend said, "Ah, I get it. All of my life I have gone into every next event asking, in effect, What's in it for me? Now I see that what I must do is go into every event asking, What can I do for them?" And my friend had grievously missed the point. The great discovery is that we have nothing to give at all to anyone, anywhere.”

“a long lost friend gone in the wind, gone for all eternity, a long lost friend”

“Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves.""No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?""Just shut up.""Can do.""Really? Doesn't seem like it."-Jacob and seth”